NICE are fully aware of the disinformation but then what can you do
about the Daily Mail? NICE media relations have been doing their utmost
to prevent such hysterical and inaccurate coverage and clinicians have
been talking to the media but there do seem to be sections of the press
that can't wait to pounce on the NHS. Compared with some Daily Mail
coverage of NICE guidelines I'm told they were relatively restrained!
best wishes
Anne
Dr Anne Dawnay PhD FRCPath
Clinical Lead for Clinical Biochemistry
020 344 72954
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From: David Bullock [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 29 August 2013 21:42
To: Dawnay,Anne; [log in to unmask]
Subject: RE: NICE AKI
Anne:
There was an item on AKI in BBC News last night, apparently from Derby
City Hospital and introduced by some standard 'automated laboratory
analyser footage'
However, please also see yesterday's Daily Mail front page - they really
surpassed themselves with "Thousands die of thirst in the NHS", followed
in the text by "use of a simple urine test to assess serum creatine
[sic]", or essentially similar wordings . . .
In the interests of reliable UK patient care and to put an end to their
persistent peddling of disinformation regarding "simple blood tests"
etc, perhaps someone needs to take them aside and give them a
(scientifically-justified) substantive k**k in the b******s?
Yours in frustration - I haven't checked NHS Choices on this, but
prevention is better than repeated rebuttals (which their readers won't
ever see)
David
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Sent: 29 August 2013 20:51
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Subject: NICE AKI
http://guidance.nice.org.uk/CG169
NICE CG169 on Acute kidney injury: Prevention, detection and management
of acute kidney injury up to the point of renal replacement therapy was
published yesterday. Items of interest to many labs (e-alerts,
creatinine-related issues) were not in scope and therefore not subjects
for review, but they are discussed in the recommendations and link to
evidence section of chapter 7 on the detection of AKI in the full
guideline.
best wishes
Anne
Dr Anne Dawnay PhD FRCPath
Clinical Lead for Clinical Biochemistry
020 344 72954
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