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  Leicester Royal Infirmary: How to get here
Entry to Leicester is signalled by a short dual-carriageway, `City of Leicester' sign, and the large Red Hill roundabout (with flyover).
Leicester Station lies on the University side of the City Centre.
The Leicester Royal Infirmary may be reached on foot in 15 minutes, by walking across the junction outside the station, up Waterloo Way and then turning right along Welford Road.
www.le.ac.uk /anaesthesia/uhlnhs/howtolri.html   (684 words)

  
 University Hospitals of Leicester Assisted Conception Services - sperm donors Leicester, sperm donation Leicester, ...
The Leicester Royal Infirmary is a part of the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust (UHL).
University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust is one of the largest and busiest teaching Trusts in England, employing over 11,000 staff and providing services to nearly a million people across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.
Leicester Royal Infirmary is a large city centre teaching hospital with strong links to Leicester University and Leicester University Medical School.
www.leicesterfertilitycentre.org.uk   (257 words)

  
 InterSystems Caché - Customer Testimonials - Customer Success Stories - Leicester Royal Infirmary   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
The 1,400 bed teaching hospital at Leicester Royal Infirmary, founded in 1771, is certainly not stuck in the past when thinking about its information needs.
The newly formed Women’s Hosptial, within the Infirmary, is at the cutting edge of technical sophistication with its maternity system that will give them a flying start into the twenty-first century.
The Leicester Royal Infirmary went live with its first Euro-King module in August 1993 with the Midwives Delivery and the Doctor’s Operative Delivery Record.
www.intersystems.com /cache/testimonials/success/lri.html   (1100 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | UK | England | Leicestershire | Pharmacy robot to dispense drugs
A Leicester hospital is installing a £460,000 robot to help dispense drugs in its pharmacy.
Leicester Royal Infirmary will use the computerised robotic dispensing system for the first time in April.
Steve Acres, service manager for pharmacy at Leicester Royal Infirmary, said: "The introduction of the robotic system will result in a state-of-the-art pharmacy dispensing system which will lead to a safer and more efficient pharmacy service.
news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/uk_news/england/leicestershire/4745500.stm   (245 words)

  
 Leicester Royal Infirmary Site Summary Information
Leicester Royal Infirmary provides services for University Hospitals Of Leicester NHS Trust
Leicester Royal Infirmary is located close to Leicester city centre.
Because Leicester Royal Infirmary is an inner city site, parking is at a premium.
www.nhs.uk /England/Hospitals/showHospital.aspx?id=RWEAA   (563 words)

  
 Leicester Epilepsy - Alexander Harris Solicitors
In July 2001, an investigation was launched into the activities of Dr Andrew Holton, consultant paediatrician at the Leicester Royal Infirmary NHS Trust.
Dr Holton stands accused of misdiagnosing epilepsy in hundreds of children and prescribing dangerous drugs in one of the worst cases of misdiagnosis and inappropriate treatment with anti-epileptic medication.
Compensation awarded by the courts, which relates to a child's pain and suffering (this is sometimes known as "general damages") cannot be recovered by the CRU.
alexanderharris.co.uk /page/Leicester_Epilepsy_145.asp   (220 words)

  
 Doctor's 32% Error Rate 'Not Unusual' Says Inquiry
The high error rate, revealed by a review of almost 2,000 children diagnosed with epilepsy at Leicester Royal Infirmary over an 11-year period, could be similar at other hospitals, the author of the inquiry said yesterday.
Between 1990 and 2001, Dr Andrew Holton, a consultant paediatrician at the Royal Infirmary, diagnosed 1,948 children with epilepsy of whom 618 (32 per cent) had their diagnoses changed or recategorised as a result of the inquiry, the report said.
The families of 308 children are suing the University Hospitals NHS Trust, which runs the infirmary, for compensation.
www.rense.com /general34/32.htm   (508 words)

  
 BBC News | HEALTH | 'Epilepsy' children wait for answers
Annabelle Appleyard of Market Harborough, Leicestershire, was diagnosed with the condition at the age of one by consultant paediatrician Dr Andrew Holton of Leicester Royal Infirmary.
A spokesman for Leicester Royal Infirmary said the hospital is reviewing the cases as quickly as possible but is facing a shortage of resources.
Alan Cole, medical director at the Leicester Royal Infirmary, said that some parents will soon be given the results of the consultant's second opinion.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/health/1526463.stm   (440 words)

  
 Dortek Case Study - Leicester Royal Infirmary (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
In order to meet the latest hygiene standards and increased demands from both patients and staff Leicester Royal Infirmary required a new kitchen to replace their old facility.
The existing kitchen had to be increased in size by means of an extension to accommodate the new facility.
The kitchen facility had to remain operational and therefore the installation was undertaken in phases, which required strict planning and control to enable the work to be complete on time to the full satisfaction of the client.
www.ebusinessidentities.com.cob-web.org:8888 /dortek/leicester.htm   (258 words)

  
 Statutory Instrument 1999 No. 3036
The Royal Arms may be reproduced only where they are an integral part of the original document.
This Order may be cited as the Glenfield Hospital, the Leicester General Hospital and the Leicester Royal Infirmary National Health Service Trusts (Dissolution) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 1st April 2000.
(3) The Leicester Royal Infirmary National Health Service Trust established by the Leicester Royal Infirmary National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1992[7] shall be dissolved on 1st April 2000, and accordingly that Order revoked on that date.
www.opsi.gov.uk /si/si1999/19993036.htm   (649 words)

  
 Re-engineering Leicester Royal Infirmary:   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
In both supporting LRI as a national pilot site for re-engineering, and in commissioning this study, the Department of Health indicated a willingness to learn more about the implementation and impact of re-engineering in advance of possible further re-engineering throughout the NHS.
The Leicester Royal Infirmary (LRI) is one of the largest teaching hospitals in England, and at the time of the BPR initiative had an annual revenue budget of around £130 million with approximately 1,100 beds and 4,200 staff.
Similarly, the Main Report (Re-engineering Leicester Royal Infirmary: An Independent Evaluation of Implementation and Impact.
www.shef.ac.uk /scharr/lri   (1661 words)

  
 rediff.com: Keith Vaz dropped from Blair Cabinet
On Sunday a spokesman for Leicester Royal Infirmary said: "Keith Vaz was admitted to the Leicester Royal Infirmary on Saturday afternoon with an infection for which he is now receiving treatment.
Vaz, whose sacking was widely expected following his recent ill-health and persistent allegations about his financial conduct, is replaced by Peter Hain who was minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth office in the outgoing ministry.
Vaz's return to the backbenches was confirmed just hours after he was released from Leicester Royal Infirmary hospital where he had spent the weekend recovering from an infection.
www.rediff.com /news/2001/jun/11vaz.htm   (269 words)

  
 Leicester Royal Infirmary - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It has Leicester's accident and emergency department, and is part of the University Hospitals Leicester NHS Trust.
there are many separate sections in the hospital, named after royal residences in Great Britain and Northern Ireland
This National Health Service-related article is a stub.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Leicester_Royal_Infirmary   (118 words)

  
 Chlamydia trachomatis reinfection rate: a forgotten aspect of female genital chlamydia management -- Herieka et al. 77 ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Royal Infirmary and Derbyshire Royal Infirmary GUM clinics in
in Leicester and 97.8% (224) in Derby; 85.2% (265) of the patients
Of the reinfected patients 58.3% (14) at Leicester were reinfected
sti.bmj.com /cgi/content/full/77/3/223-a   (646 words)

  
 University Hospitals of Leicester - Leicester Royal Infirmary   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
University Hospitals of Leicester - Leicester Royal Infirmary
Leicester Royal Infirmary is close to Leicester city centre .
The hospital has more than 1000 beds and provides Leicestershire’s only accident and emergency service in the Emergency Department.  It is the base for the Childrens Hospital and the Childrens Hospital School as well as our Out of Hours GP Service 
uhl-tr.nhs.uk /patients/about-our-hospitals/leicester-royal-infirmary   (97 words)

  
 Management of Superficial Neck Abscesses   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Cervical lymphadenopathy is commonly seen in paediatric practice.
In this audit of children with suspected neck abscesses, we review the clinical presentation and management in correlation with the organisms isolated.
A retrospective audit of 51 consecutive children (16 years and below) admitted to the Leicester Royal Infirmary between January 1994 and June 1999 with neck swellings suggestive of superficial abscess was performed.
jpma.org.pk /jpma/9sep03/fulltext9.htm   (1862 words)

  
 Investor's Business Daily: Breaking News
Leicester Royal Infirmary - and this contract continues until financial close
Infirmary and our proven track record in change management.
University of Leicester School of Medicine and the De Montfort School of
www.investors.com /breakingnews.asp?journalid=26528022   (740 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | England | Leicestershire | Baby dies after Rottweiler attack (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Police say the dogs, which attacked the girl in the living quarters of The Rocket pub in Stephenson Drive, New Parks, have been put down.
It is thought her parents had been looking after the pub and the animals while the landlord was on holiday.
The girl was taken to Leicester Royal Infirmary on Saturday afternoon where she later died from her injuries.
news.bbc.co.uk.cob-web.org:8888 /1/hi/england/leicestershire/5375520.stm   (316 words)

  
 L&RMF: Leicester Royal Infirmary Museum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Find out all about the Royal Infirmary since it opened in 1771.
Look at pictures, prints, manuscripts and memorabilia, including medical equipment showing how medicine has changed through the years.
Welford Road, entrance gate to Leicester Royal Infirmary.
www.lrmf.org.uk /m_38_inf.htm   (91 words)

  
 History of the Station
Hospital Radio fox first went on the air in April 1988 when it was contracted to provide a service to the patients of the Leicester Royal Infirmary.
We’re also due to go live on the high quality Patientline system across the Royal Infirmary during 1999, allowing us to broadcast to some parts of the hospital for the first time.
At the Hospital Broadcasting Association AGM it was announced that Hospital Radio Fox was runner-up in the East Midlands Stations Award and that Nick Dear was East midlands Presenter of the year and runner-up in the National Award.
www.users.zetnet.co.uk /echoes/radiofox01.htm   (874 words)

  
 Anaesthesia at Leicester Royal Infirmary, UK
The University Division of Anaesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Management is based in the Victoria Building at the Leicester Royal Infirmary and has been since 1983.
We also have offices at the Leicester General Hospital and the Glenfield General Hospital.
Robert Kilpatrick Clinical Sciences Building, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester LE2 7LX, UK Tel.
www.le.ac.uk /anaesthesia/lri.html   (145 words)

  
 infirmary - OneLook Dictionary Search
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 Jehovah's Witness Died for her Faith
A devout Jehovah's Witness died after she refused a blood transfusion which could have saved her life.
Norma Kissoon was so committed to her faith that, even as she lay seriously ill in Leicester Royal Infirmary, she and her family told doctors she could not accept the treatment.
However, 68-year-old Mrs Kissoon, of Braunstone Town, desperately needed one after she suffered complications following a routine procedure to check for heart disease, an inquest in Leicester heard.
www.watchtowerinformationservice.org /needle.htm   (391 words)

  
 Radio Fox (Leicester), Leicester Royal Infirmary and The Glenfield Hospital - Media UK
Radio Fox (Leicester), Leicester Royal Infirmary and The Glenfield Hospital - Media UK Media UK radio television newspapers magazines
Radio Fox (Leicester), Leicester Royal Infirmary and The Glenfield Hospital
Coverage area: Leicester Royal Infirmary and The Glenfield Hospital
www.mediauk.com /radio/342488   (131 words)

  
 Update on myasthenia gravis -- Thanvi and Lo 80 (950): 690 -- Postgraduate Medical Journal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
T C N Lo Department of Integrated Medicine, Leicester Royal Infirmary, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester, UK Department of Integrated Medicine, Leicester General Hospital, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester, UK
Department of Integrated Medicine, Leicester Royal Infirmary, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Infirmary Square, Leicester LE1 5WW, UK; bthanvi{at}hotmail.com
Myasthenia gravis is an autoimmune disorder caused by autoantibodies
pmj.bmjjournals.com /cgi/content/abstract/80/950/690   (211 words)

  
 Gradus helping hand at Leicester Royal Infirmary: News from Gradus Group
Gradus InPro Wall, Corner and Door Protection System has been installed within the new, purpose built, paediatric emergency department at Leicester Royal Infirmary, as part of a two-year refurbishment programme.
Working in consultation with the University hospitals of Leicester (UHL) NHS Trust, Atkins architectural practice looked to create a separate, dedicated and welcoming paediatric environment and establish bespoke areas for different age groups from children to adolescents.
Interior finishing products were required to combine both function and aesthetics hence Gradus InPro Kickplates were selected and used to create a bespoke 'paw print' design.
www.buildingtalk.com /news/gra/gra120.html   (713 words)

  
 Diabetes services in the UK: third national survey confirms continuing deficiencies -- Jefferson et al. 88 (1): 53 -- ...
Hull Royal Infirmary, UK Leicester Royal Infirmary Children’s Hospital, UK Diabetes UK, London
The role and qualifications of the nurse specialising in paediatric diabetes.
London: Royal College of Nursing of the United Kingdom, 1993.
adc.bmj.com /cgi/content/full/88/1/53   (2516 words)

  
 RCOG Courses - Home   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Women's, Perinatal and Sexual Health Directorate, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester, LE1 5WW.
This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it
To register your interest for the next Leicester MRCOG course contact Jo Priestley.
www.rcogcourses.com   (250 words)

  
 Leicester 2004 meeting   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Workshops on Wednesday 24th November at the Leicester Tigers Rugby Football Club and the Scientific Meeting on 25th and 26th November in the Walkers Football Stadium.
We rotated through various stations on different aspects of airway management - it was a great opportunity for experienced faculty members to teach small groups with plenty of time for non — threatening practical teaching.
Having spent most of the morning wondering what a Bullard laryngoscope actually looked like, it was nice to finally see one and have it demonstrated by someone using it on a regular basis.
www.das.uk.com /leicester2004.html   (1212 words)

  
 A 4-yr-old presenting with chronic cough and asymmetrical chest -- Sridhar and Tofeig 22 (5): 861 -- European ...
Dept of Child Health, Leicester University Hospital National Health Service trust, Leicester Royal Infirmary, and
CORRESPONDENCE: A.V. Sridhar, Dept of Child Health, Leicester University Hospital NHS trust, Robert Kilpatrick Clinical Sciences Building, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester, LE2 7LX, UK.
A 4-yr-old female was referred by her general practitioner with
erj.ersjournals.com /cgi/content/full/22/5/861   (1037 words)

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