As a Pharmacist, do you think you should be playing more of a role in tackling obesity? Pharmacy leaders are saying you should after alarming results from an NHS survey revealed that the number of people in England undergoing weight loss surgery had increase four fold in five years. As a Pharmacist, what do you […]

Flame Health Pharmacy are happy to hear that complaints against Pharmacists have decreased. Alarmingly, complaints about GPs and Dentists have risen. NHS figures showed that written complaints about the NHS as a whole increased 8 per cent between 2010-11 and 2011-12 – with the number for GPs and dentists rising from 50,708 to 54,870. The […]

Flame Health has just heard that Andrew Lansley has been demoted as Secretary of State for Health. Since taking the position in 2010, Andrew Lansley implemented controversial NHS reforms. David Cameron has re shuffled his cabinet and has appointed Jeremy Hunt as his successor. Jeremy Hunt was previously the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, […]

Flame Health Hearing Care provide a wealth of experience for all our candidates and clients within the Hearing Care sector. We specialise in providing professional recruitment solutions for Hearing Aid Dispensers (HAD’s), Registered Hearing Aid Dispensers (RHAD’s), Audiologists, Regional Managers, Operational Directors and Joint Venture Partners. With the continued growth of the Hearing Care Sector, […]

Flame Health are please to hear that the 3rd combined Annual BSA Conference and Experimental & Clinical Short Papers meeting will be held in our own city of Nottingham this year. The conference runs from 5th – 7th September and will offer an opportunity to clinicians, scientists and students to present and discuss basic, translational […]

The events of the London 2012 Olympics this summer has inspired thousands of people to get involved with sports. Action on Hearing Loss is urging sports clubs to ensure they are fully accessible for people who are deaf or are hard of hearing, so that they can enjoy the same level of service as other […]

Eastbourne, East Sussex has been chosen as the location for the 3rd International Loop Conference, which will be held in the autumn 2013. The conference will bring together hard of hearing and deafened organisations and commercial bodies from across the world. Hearing Link is at the heart of organising this important and world-renown conference. Flame […]

Flame Health Hearing Care believes that the advances in technology that help people with hearing problems is astounding. There is now an SMS service for people who are deaf, hard of hearing and speech impaired. This is a UK service that allows people to send a SMS text message to 999, where it is passed […]

This is great news from Apple. Their Apple iOS 6 will bring compatibility to hearing aids. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Thursday published a pair of Apple inventions outlining two iDevice-driven hearing assistance systems the company may implement in the near future. In the first patent, Apple attempts to solve the problems some […]

Researchers at The University of Leicester have shown for the first time that you can damage the coating of nerve cells by turning the volume up too high on headphone. Resulting in temporary deafness. People may think that they already know this however, the University study is the first of its kind to show the […]

Nominations are now open for the RCN awards! Do you know anyone who has made an exceptional contribution to the advancement of nursing and/or health care or to the Royal College of Nursing? For your nomination to be considered at December’s panel meeting, you must return your nomination forms by Wednesday 31 October. Complete an […]

The Audit Commission has revealed that over £300 million could be spent on direct care for older people if councils reduced their expenditure on social care assessments. The number and cost of assessments and reviews have increased significantly in recent years, partly due to changes in policy including the move towards personalisation of care, but […]

A recent survey conducted by the Alzheimer’s Society and a leading care provider estimates that at least 40% of people in the UK are unsure on how to care for a family member who develops symptoms of dementia. Chief Executive of the Alzheimer’s Society, Jeremy Hughes, wants to make help and support readily available for […]

The Optometry team at Flame Health would like to congratulate all 287 pre reg practitioners who passed their OSCE to become fully qualified Optometrists! The pass rate is 5% up on last year. Flame Health Optometry have newly qualified Optometrist vacancies available. Get in contact today to discuss your requirements. Register your details at My […]

Flame Health are shocked to hear that more than half of PCTs are denying patients access to cataract surgery unless their visual acuity falls below a certain level. Optical bodies have issued a joint warning expressing their concern over this. President of the College of Ophthalmologists, Professor Harminder Dua, said: “We strongly advise that it […]