June 2013
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Assisted Living Action Network (ALAN) - Events
On Wednesday 12 June we held an evening networking event to find out the latest news and innovations from guest speakers Professor Arlene Astell and Dr Tim Adlam from Challenging Obstacles and Barriers to Assistive Living Technologies (COBALT). We also...
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Design 4 Health European Conference 2013
Final bookings are now being taken for the 2nd European Conference on Design4Health. This year’s CPD certified conference encourages debate from a range of perspectives and disciplines. The programme covers innovation in services and devices, tackling a range of healthcare...
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ifOnly Inclusive Design Competition - Finalists' Movie
IfOnly is a concept and free smart phone app, designed by Bath R&D in the University of Bath, created to highlight practical problems that older and disabled people experience around the home. Older and disabled people were asked to download...
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New funding opportunities with the NIHR Health Services and Delivery Research Programme
Funding opportunities with the NIHR Health Services and Delivery Research (HS&DR) Programme *Commissioned call for proposals* Applicants are invited to submit proposals on the following commissioning briefs by 1pm on 12th September 2013. 13/58 - Organisation, quality and cost-effectiveness of psychiatric...
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Engaged Futures: Visioning Workshop - Bristol
Monday 24th June 2013, 10am - 12:30pm, Bristol Workshop Details: The National Coordinating Centre for Public Engagement has commissioned a consultation to develop visions for the future of the engaged university in 2025. They are keen to encourage university staff,...
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Elizabeth Blackwell Institute for Health Research at the University of Bristol – Public Invitation to the Official Launch
Monday 22nd July, 6 - 8 pm at Wills Memorial Building, Bristol University Launch Details: How do you feel about using home surveillance technology to keep you healthy and living at home? Most people would prefer to be looked after...
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BMJ Analysis Article - 'Expect analgesic failure; pursue analgesic success'
The BMJ Analysis article ‘Expect analgesic failure; pursue analgesic success’, published 3 May 2013, discusses the effectiveness of analgesic drugs on people through examining rates of success and failure of drugs used in treating pain. The article’s authors, who include...
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BMJ Editor's Choice 'Balancing benefits and harms'
The British Medical Journal Editor’s Choice, published on 5th June 2013, discusses the beneficial and harmful effects of drugs on patients; highlighting how the majority of drugs do not work in most patients and how a radical shift in the...
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Growing pain: striving for quality, relevance and applicability in Cochrane Reviews
As The Cochrane Collaboration celebrates its 20th anniversary, we recall the Cochrane Pain, Palliative and Supportive Care (PaPaS) Review Group's first published review, which looked at treating any acute or chronic pain with any antiepileptic drug, at any dose. Already...
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Research Design Service South West - Funding Opportunities
The Research Design Service exists to provide help for people preparing research proposals for submission to peer-reviewed funding competitions for applied health or social care research. The RDS essentially consists of a team of people based in universities and the...