AfPP bring ‘Building a Sustainable Workforce’ Study Day to Wales
A study day organised by the AfPP is designed to enable healthcare professionals at all levels to develop resilience in...
Read MorePerioperative charity receive funding to support digital transformation of patient safety tool
The UK’s leading membership organisation for operating theatre practitioners has received significant funding for a new digital transformation project focused...
Read MoreAnaesthesia for breast cancer surgery has no influence on risk of tumour recurrence
Study does not demonstrate long-term advantages of regional anaesthesia for breast cancer surgery and dispels misgivings about the influence of...
Read MoreVirtual reality used to help manage pain at London hospice
A hospice in west London is using virtual reality (VR) technology to help its patients manage anxiety and pain. Meadow...
Read MoreLaughing gas helpful for labour pain, but epidural still top choice
Women report being very satisfied with nitrous oxide to manage labour pain, experiencing no adverse side effects to the baby,...
Read MoreA more accurate way to gauge pain in mice, yielding potential to help chronic pain patients
For decades, biomedical researchers have used mouse behaviour to study pain, but some researchers have questioned the accuracy of the...
Read MoreVygon Group acquires Pilot, specialist in ECG central venous catheter tip location and navigation devices
Company news Vygon Group, a specialist single-use medical devices group, recently announced its acquisition of Italian firm Pilot, which specialises in...
Read MoreCodeine misuse in Australia reduced by prescription-only changes
The move to prescription-only codeine in Australia has seen a 50 per cent reduction in the monthly rate of codeine-related...
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