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SEHTA is proud to announce that its ‘Technology and Innovation in Care Homes: The SEHTA Review’ has been published and will be released at the Care Showcase, taking place on 9th March 2016 at Brighton Racecourse. The Care Showcase is in association with Berkshire Care Association, East Sussex County Council, West Sussex Council and Brighton & Hove City Council. For more information about the Care Showcase, please visit https://www.careshowcase.org.uk/ The greater use of ICT has for many years been proposed as a way of helping care homes provide highquality services and improve their sustainability. Over this same period, SEHTA has…

Once you’ve made the decision to stop smoking, you can’t help but notice all the scenarios that could trigger a craving. The pub you always go to, the ‘traditional’ pint and a smoke, your ‘smoking buddy’ outside, even the ‘usual times’ you nip out for a cigarette during a social gathering. Keeping up your social life while quitting might seem impossible, especially if you are a particularly social smoker! But there’s no reason to shy away. Just because you’re an ex-smoker doesn’t mean you have to be an ex-social butterfly! Consider the connection of smoking and drinking It is beneficial…

Following a stroke in June 2020, Reverend Yvonne Desroches, 63, from Northamptonshire was left with reduced mobility down her right side. Yvonne tells us how she had to adapt to her new level of mobility as a full-time wheelchair user, the challenges she faced finding a suitably adapted Ministerial House, and the positive impact a Stiltz Home Lift had on her physical and mental health and wellbeing. “I had felt called into full time ministry for some years, this brought about a change of vocation in my mature season of life, in 2015 I became a Community Evangelist from the…

]]> New interactive counter designed by Stem Cell Storage Company Smart Cells reveals how many babies are born on each continent, every second, minute and hour that passes. They also revealed the percentage of children under 5 who have the blood disease anaemia, had access to prenatal healthcare and had a healthcare professional attend the birth. On average in Europe and Central Asia, 21 babies are born every minute. In Sub-Saharan Africa 60% of children have anaemia Only 86% of women in the Middle East & North Africa receive prenatal care compared to 100% of women in North America. And…

nerve agents Introduction to the Salisbury attack? Nerve agents have made many news headlines following the poisoning of Russian spy Sergei Skripal,66, and his 33-Year old daughter Yulia in Salisbury on the 4th March. Whilst there is no doubt this attack will have political implications for Russia’s relationship with the West there are still questions surrounding the short and long-term effects of nerve agents on the body, their previous use and the risk they pose to the public. What are nerve agents? Nerve agents are chemicals usually liquid at room temperature with little or no smell that act on the…

Two cannabis-based medicines used to treat epilepsy and multiple sclerosis has been approved for use by NHS England. The move is a welcome step forward following repeated campaigns by the families of two children, Billy Caldwell and Alfie Dingley. The guidelines approved by NICE will help MS and epilepsy sufferers but any cannabis medicine that contains active THC as a painkiller - remains banned. Many charities say thousands of people have been left in limbo, Need2Know Books explains why. Change in the law in 2018 made it legal for doctors to prescribe medicinal cannabis however many GPs have still been…

Though the human body has a tremendous capability to heal itself, wound healing can stall and create chronic non-healing wounds due to a variety of reasons such as ischemia, bacterial contamination, and chronic inflammation. IDTechEx Research have published a comprehensive report, “Advanced Wound Care Technologies 2020-2030”, explaining why the incidence of chronic wounds is set to rise drastically in the next 10 years, and how electronic devices and other emerging technologies can address this upcoming challenge. Previously, IDTechEx Research have reported on several different roles that electronics can play in the wound care process, including even preventing wounds from forming…

GP Pressures “My job makes me feel utterly, totally stressed, depressed and suicidal. I realise I have to change something soon to save my sanity.” “Not being able to deliver safe or quality care is both demotivating and frightening – how long before I make a major mistake, because I am just too drained and shattered to pick up on an important cue?” “I am shocked to see how many GPs in early or mid-career are solving this problem on an individual basis by cutting down their sessions or moving out of general practice altogether.” These are just some of…

  Anti-Slavery Day, on Thursday 18th October, provides an opportunity to raise awareness of human trafficking and modern slavery. Slavery is the fastest growing organised-crime in the world, hidden in plain sight, and many are unaware it exists in communities and businesses. Figures released by the National Crime Agency in 2017 stated that 116 different nationalities were victims of modern slavery here in the UK*. There are 13,000 suspected victims in the U.K. but this only scratches the surface and currently there are over 550 live policing operations in the UK relating to Modern Slavery. The NHS, West Midlands Police,…

Covid 19 is having a significant effect on our mental as well as our psychical health with recent studies showing that as much as half of people in the UK have been experiencing high levels of anxiety during the pandemic. On May 28th in an attempt to combat growing mental health concerns the government released an additional £4.2m of funding as part of a £750 million package for the voluntary sector for mental health charities including Samaritans, Young minds, Bipolar UK. This comes on top of the £5 million already pledged at the start of mental health awareness week in…

Users of high-potency cannabis are four times more likely to report associated problems, and twice as likely to report anxiety disorder, than users of lower-potency strains, according to new research from the University of Bristol. Published today on JAMA Psychiatry the research uses data from Children of the 90s, a long-term health study that recruited more than 14,000 pregnant women and their babies born in and around Bristol in the early 1990s and has been following their health and development ever since. This is the first research of its kind to look at data from a general population sample, with…

Supporting the economic and healthcare needs of the North East of Scotland was the focus of an interactive virtual event hosted Robert Gordon University (RGU) this week. Many of the university’s stakeholders from across the region came together for the event on Monday, December 7 which explored RGU’s role in supporting the region’s public health priorities and its engagement with partners to stimulate economic development. Colin Hunter, Chair of the Board of the Governors who hosted the event said, “Our annual stakeholder event is an opportunity for members of the public to hear from RGU about how its strategic priorities…