NEWS & EVENTS
Sorting the facts from the myths about the new oral anticoagulants
Read some of the reasons that patients are being given when they are denied access to the new oral anticoagulants
Appeal for Support. ACSMA (AntiCoagulation Self-Monitoring Alliance Survey to Feed Back to National Decision Makers
ACSMA is launching a nationwide survey to gauge access to INR self-monitoring and gain accurate information about the extent of the issues around self-monitoring across the UK. Please can you complete a very short survey, click above
The NHS has broken its constitutional promise to over 80,000 patients as new research shows they are at risk of being denied their right to new, lifesaving blood clot drugs. Access to potentially lifesaving drugs for the treatment and prevention of blood clots is being blocked by local NHS organisations
64 per cent of GPs had encountered barriers to prescribing the three new Oral Anticoagulants (medicines for blood clots).
We need your help with our major new survey
Please help us by completing our major new survey on peoples experience of being diagnosed with a condition that needs you to take an anticoagulant, and how you feel about the anticoagulation service that you have received. Whether you take warfarin, apixaban, dabigatran or rivaroxaban we need to hear from you. The survey is completely anonymous. Thank you for your help. Click on the heading above and then click on to the link that you will see.
New anticoagulation e-learning programme from the British Journal of Cardiology
‘Understanding anticoagulation’ is a new modular e-learning programme from the British Journal of Cardiology (BJC). The programme has been developed for health care professionals (HCPs) and can be accessed free at www.bjcardio.co.uk/learning. Click on heading above and click on the link
Commissioning effective anticoagulation services for the future: A resource pack for commissioners
A Resource pack for commissioners of anticoagulation services in the UK Read or download the resource pack from the publications section of the site.
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