Conference report from the ILAE
Read news from the ILAE British Chapter 2015 Annual Scientific Meeting: ILAE ...(read more)
2015
Inadequate neurology services undermine patient care in the UK
Read this article from the BMJ Free of Charge: Inadequate neurology services undermine patient care in the UK: Action is required to restore balance and ensure fair access. By Paul K Morrish, Consultant in Neurology, Department of Neurology, ...(read more)
SonoSite’s X-Porte ® ideal for regional anaesthetic procedures
A SonoSite X-Porte ® point-of-care ultrasound system is proving a key asset for regional anaesthesia at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital King’s Lynn NHS Foundation Trust, as Consultant Anaesthetist Dr James Stimpson explained: “Queen Elizabeth was ...(read more)
Neurodigest Issue 2
A very big welcome to our second edition of Neurodigest: a community centric neurology focused journal. Download a full PDF of this issue here. Our mission is to seek out excellent care wherever we find it and disseminate this to our expanding ...(read more)
Neuroscience Strategic Clinical Networks – Issue 2 update
Introduction The commissioning and provision of neurological services is complex, with responsibilities split across clinical commissioning groups (CCGs), specialist commissioners, community services, acute hospitals, primary care, neuroscience ...(read more)
Focusing on the ‘invisible patients’
Alex is Senior Policy and Campaigns Adviser with the Neurological Alliance and is a patient voice representative on the Neurosciences Clinical Reference Group. He previously worked for ACEVO, the charity leaders’ network, where he led their work ...(read more)
Rapid and reliable management of early-morning OFF periods in patients with Parkinson’s disease
K. Ray Chaudhuri Professor of Movement Disorders, Director of the National Parkinson Foundation Centre of Excellence, Department of Neurology, King’s College and King’s College Hospital, and Kings Health Partners, London, UK E: ...(read more)
Multidisciplinary Neuro-rehabilitation and precisely targeted botulinum toxin restores hand function following a severe brain injury
Dr Julian Harriss is Medical Director of Queen Elizabeth’s Foundation for Disabled People, Clinical Lead in Rehabilitation Medicine at the Lane Fox Clinic, St Thomas Hospital London, and Honorary Senior Lecturer at KCL. He has over twenty years ...(read more)
Does DNA methylation hold the key to Parkinson’s Disease?
Dr Nigel Williams is a Reader in molecular genetics at the MRC Centre for Neuropsychiatric Genetics and Genomics, Cardiff University. His research has identified genetic loci that increase risk to schizophrenia, ADHD and frontotemporal dementia. ...(read more)
Clarifying patients’ needs and levels of services required
Professor Pam Enderby MBE PhD is Professor of Community Rehabilitation at The University of Sheffield. She established the first AAC centre in the UK in 1980, and was awarded a Fellowship of the College of Speech Therapists in 1983. In 1993 ...(read more)