MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'hpc'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:30:38 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3740680&cid=t_129838_111_f&fid=34834&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FMentalNurse%2F%7E3%2FYGTlXN1JH70%2F The mental health charity Mind have released a report, The protection we deserve: Findings from a service user survey on the regulation of counsellors and psychotherapists. It spells out the voice of service users on the ongoing debate over psychotherapy regulation. The results are clear: 85% of service users want statutory regulation. 68% of them want complaints to be handled by an independent regulator such as the HPC, compared to only 18% for professional bodies like the UKCP. A whopping 38% of respondents said they had experienced abuse by a psychotherapist, most commonly breaches of boundaries, but only 20% made a complaint. Of those who complained, only a quarter were satisfied by the complaints process. No less than 52% were “very unsatisfied” with the way their complain... Mental Nurse blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3740680 Fri, 09 Jul 2010 17:36:39 +0100 3740680 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3526822&cid=t_129838_111_f&fid=34834&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FMentalNurse%2F%7E3%2FGSx8lCUBzSU%2F It’s still not entirely clear who authored the leaked document, The United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy’s Critique of HPC’s Fitness To Practise System. As mentioned in my previous post, the document describes itself as “co-ordinated by Professor Andrew Samuels, Chair, UKCP”. However, the properties of the Word file list the author as Nick Totton, a Reichian therapist who is not registered with the UKCP. Totton insists that his name being in the file properties is an “artefact of the system”. He admits to being “coordinator for one group of people, out of many, who contributed ideas”, but denies being the actual author. To be honest, I’m not sure this makes me feel much better. I’d felt slightly reassured by the idea that th... Mental Nurse blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3526822 Mon, 03 May 2010 07:45:21 +0100 3526822 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3524329&cid=t_129838_111_f&fid=34834&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FMentalNurse%2F%7E3%2F3cvryuqiaNY%2F I’ve acquired possession of a leaked document purporting to be the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy’s critique of the proposal for psychotherapy to become regulated by the Health Professions Council. As I’ve said before, I’m in favour of this happening because the current lack of regulation leaves vulnerable people exposed to fraudulent and abusive therapists. The document describes itself as “co-ordinated by Professor Andrew Samuels, Chair, UKCP”. Professor Samuels was previously caught lying about his role in the Derek Gale abuse case. You know, the sort of case that suggests there’s a genuine need for psychotherapists to come under a proper regulator. The document author isn’t listed, but clicking on “properties” for th... Mental Nurse blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3524329 Sun, 02 May 2010 10:49:59 +0100 3524329 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2890648&cid=t_129838_90_f&fid=36413&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dcscience.net%2F%3Fp%3D2329 Two weeks left to stop the Department of Health making a fool of itself. Email your response to tne Pittilo consultation to this email address HRDListening@dh.gsi.gov.uk I’ve had permission to post a submission that has been sent to the Pittilo consultation. The whole document can be downloaded here. I have removed the name of the author. It is written by the person who has made some excellent contributions to this blog under the pseudonym "Allo V Psycho". The document is a model of clarity, and it ends with constructive suggestions for forms of regulation that will, unlike the Pittilo proposals, really protect patients Here is the summary. The full document explains each point in detail. Executive Summary Statutory regulation lends prestige, but needs to be balanced ... DC's goodscience blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2890648 Tue, 13 Oct 2009 21:37:04 +0100 2890648 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2688658&cid=t_129838_90_f&fid=36413&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dcscience.net%2F%3Fp%3D2043 Conclusion This selection of slides shows that much of the stuff taught in degrees in herbal medicine poses a real danger to public safety and to public health. Pittilo’s idea that imposing this sort of miseducation will help safety is obviously and dangerously wrong. The Department of Health must reject the Pittilo recommendations on those grounds. Follow-up (Source: DC's goodscience) DC's goodscience blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2688658 Mon, 10 Aug 2009 18:24:29 +0100 2688658 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2414826&cid=t_129838_97_f&fid=36415&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dcscience.net%2F%3Fp%3D1284 The Health Professions Council (HPC) is yet another regulatory quango. The HPC’s strapline is “Working with health professionals to protect the public” At present the HPC regulates; Arts therapists, biomedical scientists, chiropodists/podiatrists, clinical scientists, dietitians, occupational therapists, operating department practitioners, orthoptists, paramedics, physiotherapists, prosthetists/orthotists, radiographers and speech & language therapists. These are thirteen very respectable jobs. With the possible exception of art therapists, nobody would doubt for a moment that they are scientific jobs, based on evidence. Dietitians, for example, are the real experts on nutrition (in contrast to “nutritional therapists” and the like, who are part of... DC's Improbable Science blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2414826 Tue, 24 Mar 2009 15:18:12 +0100 2414826 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1648976&cid=t_129838_132_f&fid=35024&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FBlindscientist%2F%7E3%2F344169453%2F Image via WikipediaIn my opinion the best aspect of the so-called Web 2.0 (a catchy name) is the interaction we get from tools such FriendFeed and Twitter. Accessing these sites, one can be overwhelmed by the amount of information, all kinds of information, ranging from the new photos of tropical fruits, to the end of science as we now it, being liveblogged from ISMB 2008. In the past months I have been accessing these services/tools more and more, and in the past months by the power of the crowd (at the least the small scientific crowd) a small group of scientists have been exchanging information, ideas, links, tools, comments, learning and teaching anything that comes to mind. There I learned more about the computer cloud (an example here) and one idea leading to another I thought about ... Blind.Scientist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1648976 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 02:54:00 +0100 1648976 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=718071&cid=t_129838_132_f&fid=35001&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nodalpoint.org%2F2007%2F07%2F06%2Fpractical_biogrids If you're the kind of bioinformatician who is interested in using Grid or Web Services, then the Practical High Throughput Computing for Bioinformatics course held at Imperial College London, on the 16th to 20th July, would probably be worth attending. read more (Source: nodalpoint.org - A bioinformatics weblog) nodalpoint.org - A bioinformatics weblog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=718071 Fri, 06 Jul 2007 09:12:21 +0100 718071