Educational videos aimed at healthcare professionals launched ahead of COPD month
A new set of advisory and educational healthcare videos aimed at helping healthcare professionals care with patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), a condition…
Could Treat-Eezi spell the end for pressure ulcers?
For over 20 years, the healthcare industry has relied on Alternating Air Beds, either as an overlay or a deep profiling bed system, as a…
New pressure mattress tackles heel ulcers
UK pressure relief specialist, Rober, has developed a pioneering mattress solution designed specifically to relieve pressure on the heel and lower limbs. The NoDec AIRSTREAM THP (Total…
The potentially huge benefits of the new NHS’ funding for advanced prosthetics
Alastair Ward, Prosthetist, Training and Education Specialist at Blatchford discusses how the new NHS funding for advanced prosthetics could lead to lower patient injury rates and…
Assistive technology innovations to watch from Rehacare 2016
Photo: Messe Düsseldorf, Constance Tillmann. At October's Rehacare, more than 90,000 consumers, healthcare professionals and companies journeyed to Dusseldorf’s Messe from around the world to…
Study suggests static air support surfaces key for pressure injury prevention
New research published in the Journal of Wound Ostomy and Continence Nursing (JWOCN) into the use of static air support surfaces for the prevention of…
Ottobock launches new orthosis to treat mild drop foot
Ottobock UK has launched a new ankle and foot orthosis (AFO), the GoOn, to treat mild drop foot and prevent stumbling. The GoOn is a…
BUPA Care Homes fined £400,000 over bedrail failures
"I hope this case will send a strong message to others with responsibilities for bedrail management." BUPA Care Homes (CFC Homes) Ltd has been fined…
Drive launches the New 4″ gel cushion
The New 4” Gel Cushion by Drive is an ultra-comfortable, deep, gel-filled pressure reducing cushion designed to assist in prevention and treatment of pressure ulcers.…
New technology to stop falls from beds
“All the ideas that the SBRI Healthcare are supporting will hopefully help patients in the future with a range of issues including falls, incontinence and…