News: April 2021
Cost-effectiveness of treatments in neurological diseases
Professor Dyfrig Hughes and colleagues at the Centre for Health Economics and Medicines Evaluation, School of Health Sciences, have recently published the results of three clinical trials of interventions in epilepsy and sciatica.
Publication date: 21 April 2021
Bangor University launches Intensive Learning Academy - ALPHAcademy
Bangor University today (20.4.21) launches the Intensive Learning Academy (ILA) - ALPHAcademy - which will drive global healthcare revolutions. Announced today by Life Sciences Hub Wales, and led by Bangor and Swansea universities, there are a total of three ILAs.
Publication date: 20 April 2021
Patients have an increasing role to play in their own medical safety
Despite being a medical doctor, Dr Saleyha Ahsan found it difficult to get medical staff treating her mother to take her concerns seriously, as she will reveal at a Conference on Medical Safety and Patient Participation taking place online with a global roster of speakers on 21 May 2021. In October 2019, Saleyha Ahsan realised that her mother’s health was worsening and that there was a window to act to prevent her deterioration, but her concerns went unheeded, indeed, she said she was made to feel small and irrelevant. She recognised that her mother’s care needed a senior review and that there was no care plan or plan for escalation of care. As a result, nothing was done to alleviate her mother’s condition. Sadly, her mother passed away in some pain and discomfort.
Publication date: 14 April 2021
First exploration of mental health resilience and loneliness of older people with cognitive impairment in Wales
Loneliness and mental health problems are more common in older people who have dementia or have difficulties with memory, thinking and learning. But not all individuals will be affected in the same way.
Publication date: 14 April 2021
Patients have an increasing role to play in their own medical safety
Despite being a medical doctor, Dr Saleyha Ahsan found it difficult to get medical staff treating her mother to take her concerns seriously, as she will reveal at a Conference on Medical Safety and Patient Participation taking place online with a global roster of speakers on 21 May 2021.
Publication date: 8 April 2021