3M Health Care Study Day Looks At Boosting Hospital Bed Availability Across The United Kingdom

Nursing experts from across the United Kingdom will gather at a 3M Health Care study day on Thursday, November 7 to discuss and exchange experiences on how the delivery of infusion therapy may help hospital availability.The event, at the Elstree Moat House Hotel on Borehamwood in Hertfordshire, will be attended by nearly 100 specialist nurses. It will be chaired by Andrew Jackson, Consultant Nurse at Rotherham General Hospital., health care , "Infusion therapy has, health care , enormous potential as an alternative for patients who do not want to be in the hospital and, frankly, do not be," said Mr Jackson. "Much groundbreaking work, health care , has been done in this area and the 3M Health Care days next week, really the first time that these experiences will be shared on a national, health care , scale. We hope that the participants found the presentations of interest and see the potential for looking at similar programs in their, health care , area of expertise, health care , . "Among those presenting will be Helen Hamilton, a senior Nurse Manager at the Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS Trust. Helen, the nurse first in Europe to use vaulted percutaneous central venous catheters for patients, health care , need long term IV therapy, will speak about an integrated approach to antibiotic therapy and the treatment between hospitals, health care , community.There will also fascinating and unique experiences of Ray Pickles , a Macmillan Clinical Nurse Specialist in Chemotherapy and oncology based on Stornaway in the Western Isles of Scotland. Ray has worked on the range of 137 miles long island for the last two years and his work has helped drastically reduce the number of trips for treatment in Glasgow or Inverness previously endured by patients. Lower travel costs for these and other treatments have significant savings and a patient survey showed that 75% were satisfied with the alternative approach and wanted to see the service expanded.Other presentations include a paper, health care , at the start of parenteral nutrition, health care , by Alison Young, Consultant Nurse in Nutrition at the Royal Liverpool and Broad Green University Hospitals NHS Trust and the experience of meeting the acute needs in the community of Christine Donnelly, a clinical care coordinator with the Community Rapid Response, health care , Team to the Cannock Chase Primary Care Trust. "We are absolutely delighted to join such a group of presenters together to discuss what is an important issue for the health service, health care , today," said Mary Neath, Marketing Manager at 3M Health Care. "Visitors will have the unique opportunity to listen to many types of alternative delivery, health care , experiences of infusion therapy and we expect some interesting discussion, health care , to follow ".3 M Healthcare is a leading provider of professional medical products to hospitals and primary use. It is a leader in wound management products, including IV, dressings and a, health care , wide range of other medical products.ENDSFor further information please contact Julie Owen at 3M Health Care on 44 1509 611611THIS RELEASE HAS BEEN DISTRIBUTED BY WEBITPR (www. webitpr.com) Disclaimer: Although, health care , WebitPR.com Limited endeavor to ensure the accuracy of the information contained in this press release, you WebitPR.com Limited accepts no responsibility for:-the inaccuracy or otherwise of the information contained in this press release,, health care , loss orany liability or expense which may be suffered by a party as a result of acting or omitting to act due to the information in or, health care , omitted from this edition., orany loss or suffering which may be caused by or to a party, either as a result of the information in this Release or such information contained in this press release are inaccurate or otherwise misleading. In the event that all information contained in this press release is inaccurate or misleading please contact WebitPR.com at the above email address.