Category 50 Plus First Aid

Statins slash risk of heart disease or stroke for women, study finds

A review of data from 27 trials featuring 46,675 female and 127,474 male patients found the treatment slashed their risk of heart disease or stroke.  Around 600,000 women die from the conditions every year. But the review found statins, which work by lowering so-called…

New online courses for 2015 coming soon

We are developing new video online courses to go live early 2015 and these are in different sectors in Health & Safety, Office Skills and more in the care sector.  We also have these courses available through our national network…

Mental Capacity Act online course coming soon

We are finishing off a new mental capacity act online training course which will be going live in January. We already have a classroom based course which can be taught nationally or at your workplace.  For more information, call 01206…

Faulty insulin pens recall

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) warned people with diabetes who use insulin pens manufactured by Owen Mumford to check their pens are being recalled. If they have a pen from the list of affected lots, then they…

Christmas and New Year closing times

We are closing for the Christmas break at 5pm on Tuesday 23rd December and re-opening at 9am on Monday 5th January 2015.  During this time we will not be available to answer phone calls or emails but technical support will…

New video stories on The First Aid Show

We have added many new video stories on our first aid blog The First Aid Show. These include stories on advanced first aid, effective CPR, BVM, dealing with children or infants and AED troubleshooting to name a few. You can…