NICE publishes new guidance for reducing risk of VTE
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence has published new guidance aimed at reducing the risk of venous thromboembolism in patients admitted to hospital.
The guidance can be downloaded from http://guidance.nice.org.uk/CG92.
More about the PenCLAHRC VTE prevention project can be found at http://clahrc-peninsula.nihr.ac.uk/content/venous-thromboembolism-prevention.
Prioritisation round closes on the 18th February
Submit your question to PenCLAHRC before the 18th February so it can be included in the next prioritisation round.
Peninsula CLAHRC is committed to identifying priority clinical research questions that can bring the best of our university research expertise to the benefit of patient care. We are interested in hearing all ideas from clinicians, managers and people using the health service in the South West Peninsula. We will consider all ideas posted and prioritise the best for action.
Leading improvement
The winter edition of the PenCLAHRC Post has been published.
Highlights include Peter Aitken describing the leading improvement and VTE projects and a report on the first ever round of prioritisation and the projects that are being taken forward as a result.
In this issue we also meet Sue Childs, Research Fellow who tells us about her role within PenCLAHRC and her hopes for a winter trip to New York.
To read this and past issues click here.
PenCLAHRC features in University of Plymouth Enterprise in Action film
PenCLAHRC has been featured in the University of Plymouth's new Enterprise in Action film. Professor Rod Sheaff, from the Faculty of Health at the University of Plymouth, and Helen Papworth, PenCLAHRC Operations and Finance Manager, are shown describing the Venous Thromboembolism project at Derriford Hospital, Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust.
To watch the film, please click here.
CLAHRC Community Upgrade
CLAHRC Community has now been upgraded to offer web support for social networking. Members will have to reset their passwords.
The CLAHRC Community site now enables document storage, in site messaging, privacy settings for groups and 'friendships'. Groups can be hidden (confidential to you and the people you choose to join) private (confidential to people you choose to have as friends) and public (visible to all people registered with the site). All the work conducted in that group enjoys the same confidentiality as the group setting.
Members will find it easier to connect to people with similar interests if they use the 'edit profile' feature to write about themselves. There are activities and interests fields which the site uses to make the connections.
For more information once registered explore the 'new members' group