Deborah Glover
Deborah is an independent medical editor who is also a qualified nurse, and director/editor, Primary Care Nursing Review. She qualified as an RGN from University College Hospital, London, gained a BSc from City University, and Diploma from London Guildhall University.
After qualifying she worked in several clinical areas, then moved into practice development, the King’s Fund, and then publishing, initially as clinical editor, then a journal editor.
As an independent consultant she has undertaken NHS service reviews, lectured nationally and internationally, published widely and helped healthcare professionals write for publication. Her clients include key players in the wound care and dermatology industry, the NHS and individuals.
Personal Protection Equipment Provision; Challenges and Solutions
Introduction
January 20th 2020 was an auspicious day for two reasons; first, two Chinese nationals staying in York tested positive for Corona virus disease 19...
The HemaClear® : A novel tool to prevent surgical site infection and promote complete exsanguination in limb surgery
Limb surgery requires a bloodless field; blood needs to be shifted from the limb (exsanguination) and an arterial block created by using a pneumatic...
Chin Up
Patients undergoing sedation and monitored anaesthesia care for diagnostic or therapeutic procedures are at a risk of airway obstruction . Sedation relaxes the tongue...
‘It’s not you…’ Have successive governments fallen out of love with the NHS
It all started so well. In 1946, the National Health Service Act was published, and on the 5th July 1948, the NHS created. Welcomed,...
Dying of Embarrassment? Why young women are developing ovarian cancer
“Look. I'd had a lovely supper, and all I said to my wife was 'That piece of halibut was good enough for Jehovah.”
“Blasphemy!...
‘The law is an ass’: How to avoid clinical negligence
It’s August; you arrive on the ward all shiny and enthusiastic, with your pencils sharpened and instructions to ‘play nicely’ with the others, and...
Grindr’e way to syphyllis – how dating apps are leading to an increase in STIs
Once upon a time, people used to go courting. Indeed, songs have been written upon the subject (see Seven Brides for Seven Brothers…). Things...
‘It’s gone viral’: Social media guidance for those who like to share
I suspect that any of the Bright, Young, Things (BYTs) reading this will have never experienced the thrill of writing a memo (yes, that’s...
Seek & Secure: NHS Vanguards
Oxford dictionaries give two definitions of vanguard:
A group of people leading the way in new developments or ideas
The foremost part of an advancing...
Form and Function: approaches to the management of secondary lymphoedema
Lymphoedema management is a challenge for both the health care professional and the patient. Access to NHS treatment can be patchy, leading to long...
RANDOM POSTS
Improving the eye care of prone patients with Covid-19
The emergence of Covid-19 has led to unprecedented levels of ICU occupancy and mechanical ventilator use in the UK and worldwide. With non-intensivists often...
