Announcements
Fifty-year-old drug could revolutionise blood pressure treatment News
24th September, 2015
A drug that has been used for over 50 years as a diuretic could revolutionise treatment of resistant hypertension, according to research published today in the Lancet. In as many as 10 per cent of patients with high blood pressure it is difficult to control blood pressure even when 3 or more drugs are used together. These patients have what doctors call “resistant hypertension” and ar...
Dundee named Scottish University of the Year News
18th September, 2015
The University of Dundee has been named Scottish University of the Year in The Times & Sunday Times Good University Guide. Dundee’s success follows a sharp rise in its overall ranking in the Good University Guide’s league table, to be published in The Sunday Times this weekend (September 20th). The University rises eight places to 37th in the UK rankings and to fourth in Scotland....
Survey improves understanding of people's attitudes towards alcohol in Tayside News
18th September, 2015
An anonymous survey has gathered vital information to improve the understanding of attitudes to alcohol across Tayside. More than 2000 people took part in the Tayside Social Attitudes to Alcohol Survey, which was conducted by NHS Tayside on behalf of the Alcohol and Drug Partnerships (ADPs) in Angus, Dundee and Perth and Kinross. Early results from the online survey, which ran for five weeks, pr...
Dundee lends eHealth expertise to Europe-wide hypertension project News
10th September, 2015
The University of Dundee is contributing its internationally renowned expertise in eHealth and informatics to a major Europe-wide research project to improve diagnosis and therapeutic care for primary and secondary forms of arterial hypertension. ENS@T-HT is a five-year European H2020 research project, co-ordinated by Paris-based Inserm, created to tackle these issues. It has funds of up €7....
Enhanced Community Support success in Perth & Kinross News
10th September, 2015
The Enhanced Community Support model of care recently introduced in Perth & Kinross is benefiting patients and their families. Enhanced Community Support is a new way of working across services which supports adults and older people to remain at home. The model aims to reduce the need for emergency or unnecessary admission to hospital. The model involves a multi-disciplinary response by hosp...
Thousands set to start `Identifying the dead’ News
7th September, 2015
Thousands of amateur forensic investigators are set to start unpicking a Val McDermid-penned mystery this week in a massive open online course launched by the University of Dundee. The free online course - 'Identifying The Dead: forensic science and human identification’ – has already attracted more than 16,000 participants ahead of its launch on Monday September 7th. There is st...
NHS Tayside and SFRS launch learning module to help protect vulnerable people News
7th September, 2015
Scottish Fire and Rescue Service and NHS Tayside have created a new e-learning module for health professionals to help protect vulnerable people in the city. A pioneering partnership initiative by Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) and NHS Tayside, which aims to prevent fires in the homes of the most vulnerable and at risk people, was launched on 2 September 2015. Both organisatio...
£2million Jacqui Wood Campaign draws to a close News
7th September, 2015
The Ninewells Cancer Campaign, which has raised in excess of £20million to support cancer research and treatment in Dundee, is celebrating the successful conclusion of its latest fundraising drive. The Jacqui Wood Cancer Centre, on the University of Dundee Medical School campus at Ninewells Hospital, stands as tribute to the work done by Jacqui, who was Chairman of the Ninewells Cancer Camp...
'Hello my name is ...' campaign launched in NHS Tayside News
28th August, 2015
A new national campaign to encourage better communication with patients has been launched across NHS Tayside. The original ‘Hello my name is …’ campaign was created Dr Kate Granger, a terminally ill young hospital consultant based in Yorkshire, who became frustrated with the number of healthcare staff she came in contact with during her care who did not introduce themselves. T...
Patients wanted by Medical School News
28th August, 2015
The University of Dundee is recruiting volunteers to play the role of patients and help train the next generation of doctors, dentists and nurses. The University’s School of Medicine is appealing for members of the public to join its Patient Bank Programme in the Clinical Skills Centre at Ninewells Hospital. The Centre offers a realistic clinical setting for students to practice communicati...
