Survey highlights the importance of online health service within self-management programmes
Rosie Runciman, Co-Founder of The Sound Doctor Online health educator The Sound Doctor has just completed its most recent patient survey with Wolverhampton Clinical Commissioning…
Mum gets back to her best with crowdfunded Genium X3 prosthesis
As the saying goes, “Life begins at 40” — and for a Gloucester woman who lost her leg to two rare conditions, it has never…
Paralympic champion completes her latest quest with custom pressure management solution
Gerald Simonds has again helped Paralympic gold medallist Karen Darke in her latest Quest79 challenge, which involved cycling along the Sacred Way in India, from…
CCGs call on wheelchair patients to take part in survey to shape the future of long-term wheelchair provision
Three NHS Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) in the Portsmouth, Fareham and Gosport, and South Eastern Hampshire areas are undertaking a review process to improve wheelchair…
10-year NHS plan promises better carer recognition and greater dementia support
Published on the 7th January 2019, a document entitled ‘The NHS Long Term Plan’ has set out the ways in which the Health Service is…
Adult social care receives £240 million funding boost to help reduce pressure off NHS over winter
As part of an overall £420 million winter fund, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has announced that social care services across England…
Woman ‘cured’ from back pain after almost 40 years with innovative implant
A woman from Essex has been all but cured from a spinal condition she had for nearly 40 years after receiving pioneering treatment from a…
Government announces new proposals to increase number of Changing Places facilities in England
Wimbledon Changing Places toilets The Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government, Caroline Dinenage MP and Rishi Sunak MP have put forward new potential plans…
Healthcare professionals invited to learn more about complex seating at free training events
Prosthetics, orthotics, seating and mobility rehabilitation manufacturer Blatchford is running a free complex seating training day in Sheffield throughout the first quarter of 2019, with…
NHS spends over £14 million a year unnecessarily on walking aids, new investigation finds
From data obtained by the Press Association, new statistics show that hospitals spend millions every year replacing unreturned, unusable or missing crutches. Under the Freedom…