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Software helps rural patients manage chronic conditions
Software helps rural patients manage chronic conditions
21 April 2011 | By Stephen Harris
A project using mobile phones to help rural sufferers of chronic diseases manage their conditions has received £1.6m of funding.
Researchers from the UK and India plan to develop mobile-based software that allows patients to monitor their treatment of illnesses such as diabetes and depression while exchanging information with their doctors.
Scottish Election: Will politicians care for carers?
Scottish Election: Will politicians care for carers?
By Huw Williams BBC Scotland reporter
The two four-year-old girls were wearing matching pink outfits.
You could tell they are both big Katie Perry fans.
A Nurses view on Personal Budgets
‘Initially I was scpetical about personal budgets, I thought – what’s the catch?’
Steve Palmer talks nurses’ personal budgets, integrating health and social care and best practice
Personal budgets might be new to some; I’ve been lucky enough to have been working with them for those three years. It’s all about performing a wider role as a nurse. It’s also about being a CPN and integrating health and social care because health needs have an impact on social care needs.
