Dec 07

Incontinence: The Engineering Challenge

6th Biennial Seminar 14 - 15th November 2007
Institute of Mechanical Engineers - IMechE, 1 Birdcage Walk, London
www.imeche.org.uk/events/incontinence

Help the Aged

Taking Control

Help the Aged has launched a booklet entitled Taking Control, which draws on the research undertaken at the BioMed Centre. It sets out their action plans to improve access to public toilets and provision of continence supplies and services. The booklet and other information on incontinence can be found on

http://policy.helptheaged.org.uk/_policy/
Health/PublicHealth/_default.htm#Incontinence

May 2007

New Appointments

Two new Research Associates have joined the BioMed Centre, Angela Hogg and Sarah Fowler. See Projects

 

July 06

Nurse Lead Appointment

Debbie Rigby stared here in July as the Nursing Lead for the BioMed HTC. Debbie will develop links with patients and healthcare professionals in the community and work with hospital clinicians to develop improvements in catheter care.

David Stickler wins IMechE Award

David Stickler, Research Director of the BioMed Centre, was awarded the IMechE's Medical Engineeing Division Board Innovations Prize for 2005. This was for a paper on the "Development of Sensor to Detect the Early Stages of Catheter Encrustation". Find out more

Sheriden Morgan also won the MED Presentation Prize for his paper on "Manipulation of the Nucleation pH of Urine and its Effect on the Rates of Catheter Encrustation".

Advancing Continence Care Products and Devices in the NHS Meeting

This very successful meeting was organised by the KTN Urology Special Interest Group, in conjunction with the BioMed HTC, at Southmead Hospital, Bristol in May this year.

Mr John Reynard, Consultant Urology Surgeon, opened the meeting with the challenge Is there light on the horizon for the patient with intractable urinary incontinence? The presentations that followed covered all aspects of continence products, how we evaluate existing and new products and how new products are taken up by the NHS. Some examples of devices under development offered some light on the horizon, but it was concluded that there is such a paucity of clinical evidence in this field that much more research is needed to underpin improvements in products and treatments.

Presentations can be found on http://healthtech.globalwatchonline.com.Once logged in follow the special Interest Group for Urology link.

February 2006

New Appointment

Mr Azhar Khan was appointed to the post of Clinical Research Fellow in the BioMed Centre


January 2006

New Appointment -Dr Nora Sabbuba joined us as Assistant Research Manager

Catheter Care in the Community

The Catheter Care Study Day, held in the BUI on 19th January 2006, was organised by Sister Linda Fracyzk and chaired by Mr Sunil Mathur. A broad spectrum of topics were presented by experts in the region on catheter care. The most popular session was on encrustation and bladder calculi. It was attended by over 40 delegates including continence advisors, clinical nurse specialists, specialist urology nurses and care home managers. Delegates were keen to learn more about the BioMed Centre and what it can offer.

This was the first BioMed Centre study day and was very successful with much positive feedback from the delegates.

November 2005

Roger Feneley is honoured

We were delighted to report that Professor Roger Feneley was awarded the prestigious degree of Doctor of Science honoris causa by the University of the West of England on 24th November 2005.

October 2005

Official Opening of the Bristol Urological Institute and BioMed Centre

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