Determining perspectives of patients and healthcare providers on managing patients with heart failure during a pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdown has revealed a number of changes in practice and challenges in providing care for patients with heart failure and other long-term conditions during a time when resources are shifted to fighting the infection. […]
Lack of understanding of common heart condition leads to missed treatment opportunities, study suggests
Poor awareness of a condition known as Heart Failure with preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF) – the cause of a half of all cases of heart failure in England – could be hindering opportunities to improve care for patients, say researchers from the Universities of Cambridge, Manchester, and Keele. We heard some clinicians asking: what’s the […]
Life after liver transplant: how dietitian Lynsey Spillman aims to improve the quality of life for people who have a new liver
Blog by Lynsey Spillman I’m a clinical Dietitian working with liver transplant patients. When people have recovered from liver transplant, they often find they gain unwanted weight, and get high blood pressure, diabetes and raised cholesterol. This means they become more at risk of getting cardiovascular disease. My patients have told me they would like […]
NIHR award for research to improve management of congestive heart failure
Christi Deaton, Florence Nightingale Foundation Professor of Clinical Nursing Research, will lead a new programme of research to improve the care of patients with a common form of heart failure called Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF). The National Institute of Health Research School of Primary Care Research (NIHR SPCR) has awarded a grant […]
New research to help prevent older patients losing strength and function while in hospital
Research to find ways to improve frail older patients’ strength after a period in hospital will be carried out at the University of Cambridge by Addenbrooke’s Hospital physiotherapist, Peter Hartley, pictured above. After a period of hospitalisation, older people face substantial risks of leaving with new disabilities and dependencies that developed during their stay in […]
Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professional Research Conference
The annual Nursing, Midwifery and AHP Research Conference was held 18 May on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus. This year’s theme: ‘Research and Practice: Making the Connection’ was well illustrated in the presentations and posters on the day. Professor Maggie Shepherd from Exeter began the day with an inspirational keynote talk that educated the audience about […]
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