The first complete picture of how long it takes to diagnose cancer in England
(Source: OnMedica Blogs)
Source: OnMedica Blogs - August 19, 2019 Category: General Medicine Source Type: blogs
Comedy politicians
When politics becomes show business, beware, warns Phil Hammond Related items fromOnMedica Health Outcome Framework may include measure on loneliness Can medicine be cured? Maternity care better in some respects – but still many problems Over a thousand women identified as having undergone FGM Eight in ten stillbirths might have been avoided (Source: OnMedica Blogs)
Source: OnMedica Blogs - August 8, 2019 Category: General Medicine Source Type: blogs
If the NHS was a desert island …
What would you bring with you? Related items fromOnMedica Can medicine be cured? The future for our students Communication issues Shaping the future of medicines and pharmacy GPs welcome 'biggest reform to services in 15 years' (Source: OnMedica Blogs)
Source: OnMedica Blogs - August 4, 2019 Category: General Medicine Source Type: blogs
Exploring hunches
Some of the very best of primary care lies in deductive work Related items fromOnMedica Doctors should regard FGM as child abuse We are ‘sitting on a young people’s health time bomb’ UK lagging behind peers on child health GPs need time and training to better protect children Texting can improve flu jab uptake (Source: OnMedica Blogs)
Source: OnMedica Blogs - July 28, 2019 Category: General Medicine Source Type: blogs
On The Pulse - July 2019
Current statin use associated with lower risk of biliary tract cancers (Source: OnMedica Blogs)
Source: OnMedica Blogs - July 25, 2019 Category: General Medicine Source Type: blogs
The doctor is in (the cloud)
Chris Preece tests Amazon Alexa ’s new NHS medical advice function Related items fromOnMedica Can medicine be cured? 'We cannot go on like this' warns NHS Confederation Experts urge radical action on mental health crises Doctors urge government to act on rising alcohol impact Surgeries must not become border agencies says RCGP (Source: OnMedica Blogs)
Source: OnMedica Blogs - July 22, 2019 Category: General Medicine Source Type: blogs
Communication issues
Why being able to talk to colleagues is just as vital as talking to our patients Related items fromOnMedica Treatment of whistleblowers a “stain on NHS”, say MPs Can medicine be cured? GPs welcome 'biggest reform to services in 15 years' Primary Care Home has positive impact on care and services NHS Scotland pressures ‘need urgent action now’ (Source: OnMedica Blogs)
Source: OnMedica Blogs - July 14, 2019 Category: General Medicine Source Type: blogs
Unhealthy ambition
When health, wellbeing and environment are forgotten in the race to the top Related items fromOnMedica Questions on Health Economics and commissioning New Year NHS resolutions What do 'outstanding' trusts tell us about how to improve care? 'No-deal' Brexit would mean patients and services suffer Huge surge in rejection of requests for knee and hip surgery (Source: OnMedica Blogs)
Source: OnMedica Blogs - July 1, 2019 Category: General Medicine Source Type: blogs
On The Pulse - June 2019
Best surgical interventions for women with stress urinary incontinence outlined (Source: OnMedica Blogs)
Source: OnMedica Blogs - June 27, 2019 Category: General Medicine Source Type: blogs
Supporting 21st century patients working in 21st century jobs
Related items fromOnMedica Language matters Self-care and health literacy, part and parcel of a viable NHS Medication non-adherence Over 90% of people recognise importance of self-care Large shortfall in mental health care for new mothers, UK survey reveals (Source: OnMedica Blogs)
Source: OnMedica Blogs - June 18, 2019 Category: General Medicine Source Type: blogs
Good work – good health
The benefits of an enabling and positive atmosphere on health Related items fromOnMedica Austerity leading to soaring homelessness and poor health Experts urge radical action on mental health crises Social prescribing can free up GPs ’ time and save resources We are ‘sitting on a young people’s health time bomb’ NI drug deaths in males double in a decade (Source: OnMedica Blogs)
Source: OnMedica Blogs - June 16, 2019 Category: General Medicine Source Type: blogs
Asco 2019
Targeted treatment takeover, drugging the ‘undruggable’, obesity and blood tests Related items fromOnMedica The term ‘cancer’ should be dropped for some low-grade lesions Combined treatment works best for anal cancer Alcohol directly causes seven types of cancer 170,000 people alive 25 years after cancer diagnosis Cancer survival globally is improving (Source: OnMedica Blogs)
Source: OnMedica Blogs - June 13, 2019 Category: General Medicine Source Type: blogs
Asco 2019
Targeted treatment takeover, drugging the ‘undruggable’, obesity and blood tests Related items fromOnMedica Women consider legal action over cancer link breast implants Red tape delaying availability of new cancer drugs Soaring cancer diagnoses will push NHS to its limits, charity warns Some irregular cervical lesions could be monitored rather that treated immediately Chemo treatment ‘unsustainable’ due to staff shortages (Source: OnMedica Blogs)
Source: OnMedica Blogs - June 13, 2019 Category: General Medicine Source Type: blogs
