Recents
The Edinburgh Psychological Support Project
Recent campaigning from those with haemophilia and their families for increased psychological support across Scotland has resulted in funding by…
How to avoid the prescribing police
On completing her prescribing course, haemophilia nurse Trish Bell was moved to compose a new opus, which you can read…
Reflections on WFH 2016 as Team GB prepares for Glasgow!
So, WFH 2016 is now a memory, but before it fades we asked some of those who attended from the…
What does it mean to be a haemophilia nurse?
Earlier this year, members of the UK’s haemophilia nurse community all provided ideas on what it means to be a…
Migrant health and the NHS: navigating choppy waters
We’ve all seen the lurid tabloid headlines about the “migrant crisis”. Leaving the politics aside, it is the case that…
The Platelet
Ladies and Gentlemen, fresh from her starring role opening the HNA conference in Manchester, I give to you the latest…
More data, if not clarity
It was probably one of the most hotly anticipated sessions of EAHAD 2016. Saturday afternoon the meeting concluded with a…
Awareness rising, testing possible … now for the politics
Saturday was patient camp day and the day on which those people tested yesterday would receive their diagnoses. After negotiating…
It’s screening day – so why are there goats?
Well, it’s not everyday you stroll around the grounds of a national teaching hospital and encounter a herd of goats.…
On the road to coordinated haemophilia care – in African time
Despite the best attempts at planning, everything in Uganda runs to Africa time. Especially when it rains. The first training…
“They just want to go to school and be pain free”
Tuesday mid-morning we headed out of Kampala to meet a family with three boys with haemophilia. Agnes had first spoken…
Uganda opens its eyes to haemophilia care
Driving in from Entebbe to Kampala, you learn very quickly to keep your eyes closed. It’s a free for all,…