Tuesday 16 March 2010
Venue: Royal College of Physicians
Location: London

For further details go to: http://events.rcplondon.ac.uk/details.aspx?e=1703

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Provision of Services for Patients with Vascular Disease 2009 (January 2009)

The aim of this revision of the Provision of Vascular Services 2004 is to describe a multidisciplinary service with vascular patients at its centre, taking full account of Department of Health service initiatives and guidance from the National Institute of Health and Clinical excellence (NICE). This document sets out the principles by which individual patients should obtain access to high quality vascular services for both elective and emergency care and the principles by which a 24 hour, high quality, consultant-led vascular service might best deliver optimal patient care. The document is intended to assist those responsible for the provision and resourcing of health care, as well as commissioners of the service.

To view the pdf of this file go to: http://www.vascularsociety.org.uk/library/agm-minutes/doc_download/42-provision-of-services-for-patients-with-vascular-disease-2009.html

NHS Aneurysm Screening Guidelines (September 2009)

Many Vascular Nurses are involved in the running or setting up of an AAA Screening service; below are the links to two PDF documents that aid in the building and sevelopment of your service

http://www.vascularsociety.org.uk/library/reference-documents/doc_download/34-developing-an-aaa-screening-programme-sops-and-workbook-sept-2009.html

http://www.vascularsociety.org.uk/library/reference-documents/doc_download/35-developing-an-aaa-screening-programme-service-objectives-and-qa-standards-sept-2009.html

 VEnous INtervention (VEIN) Project (February 2009)

 The Venous Forum collected and reviewed six evidence based articles with a view to define how services should be provided for patients with symptomatic, uncomplicated varicose veins, and the way the interventions should be delivered. This detailed PDF is available by clicking on: http://www.rsm.ac.uk/academ/downloads/veg102_apr09.pdf

Vascular Society Yearbook 2009 available online (October 2009) 

The VS Conference Yearbook is now online with information regarding the November meeting. To view go to: http://www.vascularsociety.org.uk/library/yearbooks/doc_download/27-2009-yearbook.html

Online Forum

 The new SVN website has an online forum for all members and offers the opportunity to discuss topics with other members. Members need to seperately register for the forum and as well as public conversations members can send private messages to other members if required. Any complaints from other members or the posting of inappropriate material will lead to the user being removed from the forum.

James Purdie Prize

The James Purdie Prize has been increased from £250 to £500 by the Circulation Foundation and will be presented at the 2009 SVN Conference. The SVN would like to thank the Circulation Foundation for their generosity and the winner will be announced at the close of conference.

 For a comprehensive list of Vascular events please go to the Diary page (members section)