Mar

24

Historic Meeting in Munich

March 24, 2008 | Comments Off


Mar

24

National Patient Safety Agency Meeting and Parliamentary Questions

March 24, 2008 | Comments Off

AANUK&I was represented recently at this important patient advocacy meeting by Meryl Davies, Facilitator for Wales, who has overcome many personal difficulties to make sure that the campaign to improve the experience and outcome of patients who are at risk of awareness remains high on the medical agenda. A full report of this meeting […]

Mar

24

Diane Parr and June Carson speak out about Awareness

March 24, 2008 | Comments Off

In a recent interview awareness survivor Diane Parr tells of her horrifying ordeal six years ago, whilst undergoing a routine operation on her teeth. Several years later Diane courageously went through a general anaesthetic again, in the same hospital. On this occasion, however, the Isolated Forearm Technique (IFT) was used, which enabled her to let […]

Mar

7

‘Awake under the Knife’ and MAA7

March 7, 2008 | Comments Off

AANUK&I has received some excellent feedback recently regarding Barbara Lantin’s feature in The Times (’Awake Under the Knife’ T2 18.02.08) Several AANUK&I contacts contributed to the article, which includes a case study of Sally’s own experience. The article also prints advice regarding what to do in awareness incidents. Following the Times article, Sally […]

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