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Diabetes audit shows worsening results
Greater access to health services for people with diabetes is not translating into improved clinical outcomes, NHS Information Centre data show. Figures from the National Diabetes Audit show an increase in the number of people receiving all nine of the key processes of diabetes care recommended by NICE. This has risen to 32 per cent for people with type-1 diabetes and 51 per cent for those with type-2 diabetes. Gavin Terry, Healthcare Policy Manager, quoted.
http://www.healthcarerepublic.com/GP/news/1010123/Diabetes-audit-shows-worsening-results/
Diabetes care improves, but patients still missing out on key tests
More people with diabetes are now receiving all nine of the key tests for diabetes care recommended by NICE, but thousands are still missing out on the essential tests, according to latest figures from the National Diabetes Audit. All patients should receive nine crucial tests from their GP at an annual review of their diabetes management. These include measurements of weight, blood pressure, smoking status, a marker for blood glucose called HbA1c, urinary albumin, serum creatinine, cholesterol, and tests to assess whether the eyes and feet have been damaged by diabetes. Douglas Smallwood, Chief Executive Officer, quoted.
http://www.nice.org.uk/newsroom/news/DiabetesCareImprovesButPatientsStillMissingOutOnKeyTests.jsp
?Give jab for brittle bones on the NHS? declares government health advisors
A cheap twice-yearly jab to treat osteoporosis could soon be available on the NHS. Government health advisers the National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence has said that post-menopausal women at increased risk of fractures should be treated with the drug denosumab if other treatments are unsuitable. Trials of the drug have shown it dramatically cuts the number of spine and hip fractures in women, and helps bones regrow.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...brittle-bones-NHS-declare-health-experts.html
Blood test can detect multiple sclerosis nine years before symptoms begin, say scientists
Scientists are developing a simple blood test to predict multiple sclerosis up to nine years before the onset of symptoms. Experts predict that the discovery could lead to much earlier treatment to prevent the disease progressing. At present, doctors have no way of detecting MS before symptoms develop and patients are frequently diagnosed too late.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...osis-years-symptoms-begin-say-scientists.html
Stem cell therapy 'damage' seen in kidney disease case
There are hopes that stem cell therapy can be used to tackle many diseases A new complication has been seen in a patient with kidney disease who received stem cell therapy, scientists have warned. Stem cells were injected into the kidney, but the patient suffered tissue damage and died from an infection.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/10339138.stm
Ring-fence social care like the NHS, campaigners urge
Care funding is currently means-tested The social care budget needs protecting just as NHS spending has been, campaigners say. Age UK has warned that if the expected cuts to councils are made, just half the 1m people needing help at home in England will be getting it by 2012.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/10343349.stm
Greater access to health services for people with diabetes is not translating into improved clinical outcomes, NHS Information Centre data show. Figures from the National Diabetes Audit show an increase in the number of people receiving all nine of the key processes of diabetes care recommended by NICE. This has risen to 32 per cent for people with type-1 diabetes and 51 per cent for those with type-2 diabetes. Gavin Terry, Healthcare Policy Manager, quoted.
http://www.healthcarerepublic.com/GP/news/1010123/Diabetes-audit-shows-worsening-results/
Diabetes care improves, but patients still missing out on key tests
More people with diabetes are now receiving all nine of the key tests for diabetes care recommended by NICE, but thousands are still missing out on the essential tests, according to latest figures from the National Diabetes Audit. All patients should receive nine crucial tests from their GP at an annual review of their diabetes management. These include measurements of weight, blood pressure, smoking status, a marker for blood glucose called HbA1c, urinary albumin, serum creatinine, cholesterol, and tests to assess whether the eyes and feet have been damaged by diabetes. Douglas Smallwood, Chief Executive Officer, quoted.
http://www.nice.org.uk/newsroom/news/DiabetesCareImprovesButPatientsStillMissingOutOnKeyTests.jsp
?Give jab for brittle bones on the NHS? declares government health advisors
A cheap twice-yearly jab to treat osteoporosis could soon be available on the NHS. Government health advisers the National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence has said that post-menopausal women at increased risk of fractures should be treated with the drug denosumab if other treatments are unsuitable. Trials of the drug have shown it dramatically cuts the number of spine and hip fractures in women, and helps bones regrow.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...brittle-bones-NHS-declare-health-experts.html
Blood test can detect multiple sclerosis nine years before symptoms begin, say scientists
Scientists are developing a simple blood test to predict multiple sclerosis up to nine years before the onset of symptoms. Experts predict that the discovery could lead to much earlier treatment to prevent the disease progressing. At present, doctors have no way of detecting MS before symptoms develop and patients are frequently diagnosed too late.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...osis-years-symptoms-begin-say-scientists.html
Stem cell therapy 'damage' seen in kidney disease case
There are hopes that stem cell therapy can be used to tackle many diseases A new complication has been seen in a patient with kidney disease who received stem cell therapy, scientists have warned. Stem cells were injected into the kidney, but the patient suffered tissue damage and died from an infection.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/10339138.stm
Ring-fence social care like the NHS, campaigners urge
Care funding is currently means-tested The social care budget needs protecting just as NHS spending has been, campaigners say. Age UK has warned that if the expected cuts to councils are made, just half the 1m people needing help at home in England will be getting it by 2012.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/10343349.stm