Diabetes in care homes: awareness, screening, training

Diabetes in care homes: awareness, screening, training , November 2010, Diabetes UK Click on the title above to access this report Abstract: To mark World Diabetes Day 2010, Diabetes UK has launched a report examining diabetes care in care homes. According to the report, one care home resident with diabetes is admitted to hospital every 25 [...]

Fall prevention in acute care hospitals: a randomized trial

Fall prevention in acute care hospitals: a randomized trial, JAMA, 2010 Nov 3;304(17)1912-8 Dykes, P C et al. Abstract: This randomised controlled trial set out to determine whether a fall prevention toolkit utilising health information technology reduced patient falls. The trial compared patient fall rates at four US hospitals comprising of 5160 patients who received the intervention compared [...]

Sexual Orientation – Stonewall – the lesbian, gay and bisexual charity – are currently running a programme called ‘Healthy Lives’ working with 20 NHS organisations to improve the NHS for lesbian, gay and bisexual patients

Sexual Orientation - National Mental Health Development Unit Click on the link above to access the information and a range of resources, websites and links to further information About: Being lesbian, gay or bisexual (LGB) is not in itself a mental health problem; ‘homosexuality’ was once regarded as a mental illness but it was finally removed [...]

‘Nothing ventured, nothing gained’: risk guidance for people with dementia

‘Nothing ventured, nothing gained’: risk guidance for people with dementia , Department of Health, November 2010 Publication type: Care Guideline Abstract: ‘Nothing ventured, nothing gained’ is a rallying call to everyone involved in supporting persons with dementia to take a proportionate, measured and enabling approach to risk. The National Dementia Strategy focuses on enabling people to [...]

Physical Health – Interventions to promote cycling : systematic review

Interventions to promote cycling : systematic review, BMJ. 2010 Oct 18;341 pages 1-10 Yang L et al. Medical Research Council Epidemiology Unit and UK Clinical Research Collaboration Centre for Diet and Activity Research (CEDAR), Cambridge, UK Abstract: Objectives To determine what interventions are effective in promoting cycling, the size of the effects of interventions, and [...]

World Aids Day – 1st December 2010 – Annual Evidence Update

2010 Annual Evidence Update – Sexual Health: HIV/AIDS – Behaviour change in high-risk populations, 1st December 2010 Click on the title above to access the evidence update About: Welcome to the third Annual Evidence Update on Sexual Health focussing on HIV/AIDS Behaviour change in high-risk populations.