Monthly Archives: July 2011
Promoting opportunities for young people with MS
Promoting opportunities for young people with MS
Norwich and District MS Society
A guide for newly diagnosed people with MS
A Partnership Approach To Supporting Unpaid Carers by Glasgow City Council with partners
The way Scotland is helping Unpaid Family Carers.
[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/26270276[/vimeo]
A Partnership Approach To Supporting Unpaid Carers by Glasgow City Council with partners from Scottish Social Services Council on Vimeo.
Film clip of Glasgow City Council’s A Partnership Approach To Supporting Unpaid Carers project, which received a special commendation at the Care Accolades 2011 Working Better, Working Together category. Partner organisations are Glasgow Carers Support Project, North West Carers Project, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, Carers Information Strategy Workers Team, Keep Well Carer Community Nurses, North and West Glasgow Community Health and Care Partnership, Princess Royal Trust for Carers, Alzheimer Saotland and Glasgow Association for Mental Health.
Nice rejects Lucentis for diabetes-related sight loss
Nice rejects Lucentis for diabetes-related sight loss
Thousands of people with diabetes will “needlessly lose their sight” due to a decision to withhold a drug on cost grounds, a charity has warned.
By Stephen Adams, Medical Correspondent
6:30AM BST 15 Jul 2011
Lucentis can cost as little as £1,500 per patient with diabetic macular oedema (DMO), or as much as £10,000, depending on the severity of the condition.
It had been shown to produce “rapid and sustained” improvements in vision among those treated, while currently approved laser treatments tend only to prevent further degeneration.
