PILS Update - February 2010

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New Records

The following new information leaflets have been added with this update:

Cryptosporidium
DMSA Scan
Duplex Ultrasound Scan
Dysentery and Shigella
Endoscopic Ultrasound Scan
Fine Needle Aspiration
Glucose Tolerance Test
Hysterosalpingography
Hysteroscopy
Mediastinoscopy
MRCP Scan
Myocardial Perfusion Scan
Nerve Conduction Studies
PET Scan
Sweat Test
Synacthen Test
Teething
Thyroid Function Tests
Thyroid Scans and Uptake Tests
Traveller's Diarrhoea
Urodynamic Tests
Video-assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery (VATS)

The following patient support groups have been added with this update:

Breathtakers
Cannabis Skunk Support
PDT For Cancer Cure Ltd

Updated Records

29 Information leaflets have been revised with this update:

Attendance Allowance
Bad Breath (Halitosis)
Benefits for Bereaved People
Benefits for the Terminally Ill
Calcium-Channel Blockers
Cardiac Catheterisation
Carer's Allowance
Chlamydia - Genital
Coronary Angiography
Coronary Angioplasty
Cystoscopy
Disability Living Allowance
Dysentery and Shigella
E. Coli and VTEC O157
Echocardiogram
Electroencephalograph (EEG)
Emergency Contraception
ERCP
Healthy Start
Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit
Intravenous Urography (Pyelography)
Laparoscopy and Laparoscopic Surgery
Maternity Benefits
Meningitis and Septicaemia
Meningococcal Infection
Polymyalgia Rheumatica
Radionuclide (Isotope) Scan
Restless Legs Syndrome
Tests for Glucose (Sugar) and HbA1c

We have a rolling programme for patient support, whereby each group is contacted at least once a year to check their details. For this update 166 groups have had their entries checked and amended as necessary.

Deleted Records

The following records were deleted with this update:

Addaction Maya Project, National Bullying Helpline, National Light & Sound Therapy Centre, Sudden Death Association.

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