First Contact Practitioner Physio Opioid Awareness Resource
29th November 2024The issue of overprescribing opioids for non-cancer pain in the North East and North Cumbria requires a multidisciplinary approach. A...
Posted inRemote Monitoring in General Practice
19th September 2024Remote monitoring has been part of the NHS for some time, and the COVID-19 pandemic has significantly increased the use...
Posted inImproving access to FH Genetic Testing: GENinCode
30th August 2024The NHS, in its Long-Term Plan, set a goal to identify 25% of people with FH within five years...
Posted inUse of Attend Anywhere during COVID-19 pandemic
15th September 2021The Medical Psychology Department at South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provide psychological assessment and treatment services to individuals, struggling...
Posted inUroLift® (Prostatic Urethral Lift) Shows Great Potential for Treatment of Enlarged Prostate
31st January 2018UroLift® is an innovative, cost-effective, short and non-invasive treatment for the common condition of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH), in which...
Posted inmyCOPD Integrated Online System
NHS Innovation Accelerator Fellow: Simon Bourne Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a lung disease that is characterised by airflow obstruction or...
Posted inHealth Call Undernutrition Service
30th January 2018Undernutrition is a common health problem and a serious condition. Untreated it increases the risk of illness, clinical complications and...
Posted inAssuring Quality of Care in Nursing Homes: Hydration Monitoring Solution
Dehydration is associated with poor outcomes such as falls, constipation, urinary tract infections, increased hospitalisation and mortality. Dehydration in older...
Posted inFurther deployment of ‘Deciding Right’ across the North East and Cumbria
‘Deciding Right’ is an initiative that aims to help people make healthcare decisions in advance. Individuals of all ages who...
Posted inResource matching and e-referrals with Palliative Care and Care Homes across Cumbria
Transferring patients from one kind of care to another is a complicated process. Failures in coordination between care providers can...
Posted inAutomated Data Flow between Ambulance Services and Hospitals for Patients with Suspected Strokes
8th December 2017Hospitals are required to provide data to the National ‘Sentinel Stroke National Audit Programme’ (SSNAP) Audit – a quality improvement...
Posted inA new approach to hosting pre-hospital clinical trials: Developing research governance awareness
Development of new evidence to support pre-hospital emergency care benefits both patients and practitioners. However clinical research must be conducted...
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