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An innovative 'pub group' scheme which helps elderly people with mental health problems has been set up in Cambridgeshire, UK. The initiative follows an idea from Bridgid Malone, Cambridge Health Authority's manager of community psychiatric nursing services for the elderly. Social support for lonely and mentally vulnerable old people is provided by weekly sessions, including meals, at several pubs in Cambridgeshire where experiences can be exchanged over lunch and the help of social workers and occupational therapists is on hand. Seven pubs are now involved which play host to nine groups.
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Computers are already used in nursing for clinical, administrative and educational functions, but usage could be expanded to allow patients and medical personnel to communicate over distances while also ensuring good care. The PICS computer program has been developed by a team at the St Thomas' Health Centre in Exeter, England. GPs and district nurses are able to use PICS to share information through a spreadsheet and it is anticipated that the program will enhance patient care auditing. Communication between the district nurses and the GPs at the centre had previously been inadequate.
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The tissue viability service in Plymouth Teaching Primary Care Trust (tPCT) has held a budget to provide new maggots therapy in the community for the past four years from 2004. Utmost care should be taken while selecting the right patient and the right wound for the application of maggots therapy so that the procedure could be used effectively, efficiently and appropriately.
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