1 The John Walton Muscular Dystrophy Research Centre, MRC Centre for Neuromuscular Diseases, Institute of Genetic Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK 2 Wellcome Trust Centre for Mitochondrial Research, Institute of Genetic Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK 3 Department of Paediatric Neurology, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne Foundation Hos...

Welcome to the winter 2014 edition of the philosophy SIG newsletter, in which we have the privilege of a contribution by Dr Helen Spandler. As an expert in sociology of mental health, she has provided an insight into the work of Peter Sedgwick (pictured above). In Psychopolitics, Sedgwick predicted the use of anti-psychiatry’s rhetoric by right-wing governments’ in reducing the mental health se...

1 Consultant Intensivist, Cardiff University and University of Wales Hospital Cardiff 2 Consultant Microbiologist, Cardiff University and Public Health Wales 3 Consultant Intensivist and Honorary Senior Lecturer, Royal Victoria Infirmary and Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne 4 Consultant Intensivist and Acute Physician, University College London NHS Foundation Trust 5 Consultant Haemato...

There is a research gap with regards to supporting the use of clinical frailty score (CFS) in acute management COVID-19 patients. The COPE study assessed effect on outcomes people all ages and showed that …

Institute of Cellular Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK Department of Gastroenterology, Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK Northern Deanery General Practice Vocational Training Scheme, Northern Deanery, North East Strategic Health Authority, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK Institute of Genetic Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon ...

BACKGROUND National Health Service (NHS) trusts, which provide the majority of hospital and community health services to the English NHS, are increasingly adopting a 'public firm' model with a board consisting of executive directors who are trust employees and external non-executives chosen for their experience in a range of areas such as finance, health care and management. In this paper we co...

British Association of Dermatologists’ guidelines for the management of onychomycosis 2014 M. Ameen, J.T. Lear, V. Madan, M.F. Mohd Mustapa and M. Richardson Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, Pond Street, London NW3 2QG, U.K. Manchester Academic Health Science Centre (MAHSC), University of Manchester, 46 Grafton Street, Manchester M13 9NT, U.K. Salford Royal NHS Foundation Hospital, Stott...

FIGURE 1. Two-dimensional echocardiographic analysis with Doppler scann artery (PA) band device in the lumen of the pulmonary artery. RA, Right atrium From Congenital Heart Surgery, Guy’s & St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom. Disclosures: None. Received for publication Jan 20, 2009; revisions received Feb 7, 2009; accepted for publication March 2, 2009; available ahead of pr...