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Patients 'at risk over drug data' - BBC Health News 27th October 2009
"Patients leaving hospital may be being put at risk of harmful reactions to drugs due to poor communication between hospitals and GPs, a study says.
The Care Quality Commission found hospitals often failed to fully pass on details of medication after polling 280 GPs and visiting 12 NHS trusts. "
Magic gel that could help Julie Andrews sing again - Daily Mail 22nd October 2009
"The stage may soon be alive with the sound of her famous voice once more.
Dame Julie Andrews could have her vocal cords, which were ruined during a throat operation, restored by one of the world's leading scientists. "
Police and NHS slammed over man's death - Manchester Evening News 22nd Octoebr 2009
"INVESTIGATORS have slammed communication between police and hospital staff after a disturbed man fell to his death having being seen by police THREE TIMES earlier the same day.
Wayne Dyson, 44, fell from the eighth floor of a block of flats in Ashton under Lyne last year. "
British scientists develop 'brain to brain communication' - Daily Telegraph 15th October 2009
"A system that creates “brain to brain communication” has been developed by British scientists, it has been claimed. "
Negative subliminal messages work - BBC Health News 28th September 2009
People can perceive subliminal messages, particularly if the message is negative, according to a UK study.
In three experiments at University College London, participants were briefly shown masked words and asked to classify them as emotional or neutral.
Hospitals 'failing to warn care homes elderly have superbugs' - Daily Telegraph 21st September 2009
Care homes are at risk of becoming "reservoirs of infection" because hospitals are failing to warn them when residents have contracted superbugs and other illnesses, a health watchdog has warned.
Vulnerable elderly at risk of MRSA as hospitals and care homes fail to communicate - Daily Mail 21st September 2009
Not enough is being done to prevent infections passing between hospitals and care homes and staff may even be unaware if a patient has a bug, according to a new study.
Improvements are needed so other patients and residents do not get infected and so that people with - or recovering from - a bug get the best care, the Care Quality Commission study said.
Poor NHS communication leaves elderly at risk of superbugs - The Times 21st September 2009
Poor communication between NHS hospitals and care homes may be putting elderly people at risk of contracting MRSA and other infections, the health and social care regulator has warned.
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) found nearly one in five homes in England were not being told if patients discharged from hospitals were or had been infected.
Infections warning for care homes - BBC Health News 21st September 2009
Poor communication between hospitals and care homes in England may be putting people at risk of MRSA and other infections, the regulator says.
The Care Quality Commission found nearly a fifth of homes were not being told if patients discharged from hospitals are or had been infected.
Anita Pati on the NHS graduate scheme in communications - The Guardian 16th September 2009
Recognising the need for savvy spin doctors, the NHS is piloting a graduate scheme in communications management
Medikidz comic heroes to help children understand diseases and treatment - The Times 14th September 2009
A team of comic-book superheroes living inside the human body is to be used to help children understand complex diseases affecting them or their parents and reduce fear surrounding treatment and side-effects.
Hairdressers in Northern Ireland to be trained to spot suicidal clients - The Observer 6th September 2009
Anti-suicide scheme set up after depressed people are 'found to talk more freely in salons'
Patients without vocal chords could have voice restored - The Times 5th September 2009
Patients who have had vocal cords removed could soon get their own voice restored with a synthesised version.
Students and academics at the University of Sheffield have used recordings and sampling technology to reconstruct the voice of Bernadette Chapman, who had a laryngectomy operation to remove her vocal cords after developing cancer.
Cancer patient who had vocal cords removed has 'voice' restored - Daily Telegraph 5th September 2009
Bernadette Chapman, a cancer patient who had her vocal cords removed, has had her voice reconstructed by an electronic voice replication system.
Girl, 9, learns 600 sign language so she can talk to her deaf mother - Daily Mail 26th August 2009
Learning another language is a skill that most adults struggle to master.
And when the words have to be signed rather than spoken it's doubly difficult.
But nine-year-old Tayla Reynolds has taken it in her stride and become one of the youngest people to learn the art of sign language.
Cumbrians urged to ensure voice of community is heard - Carlisle News & Star 22nd August 2009
AROUND 30,000 people living in Cumbria are to be invited to have a say on the future of public services with the launch of a new Community Voice scheme.
Councils, police and health services are all teaming up together to find out what local people think of the job they do.
Device offers hope to children with communication problems - The Guardian 5th June 2009
Narrative of child's daily activities and thoughts built up through recording of their movements, giving parents unique insight
Software 'gives children a voice' - BBC Health News 4th June 2009
Scientists claim to have developed the first technology of its kind to allow children with communication problems to converse better.
'How was school today?' is software to help children with disabilities such as cerebral palsy communicate faster.
Doctors criticise increasing use of jargon in NHS - The Telegraph 3rd June 2009
Doctors have criticised the increasing use of jargon in the NHS, saying that describing patients as "service users" or "clients" is detrimental to their care.
Doctors rebellion over NHS jargon which re-brands patients as 'clients' - Daily Mail 4th June 2009
Doctors are railing against politically correct language in the NHS which turns patients into 'clients' and 'service users'.
They fear the NHS is using over-complicated language to downplay the seriousness of some conditions.
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