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San Diego, CA – March 4th, 2013 – ChiroTouch™, the nation’s leader in chiropractic software, is pleased to announce it will be attending the United Chiropractic Association Spring Conference in London on March 9th, 2013.

Vincent Nichols calls time on fortnightly service at Our Lady of the Assumption church in central London amid anti-gay protests Special fortnightly "Soho masses" held for gay and *** Catholics at a central London church for the past six years are to end, the archbishop of Westminster has announced. The services, intended to be particularly welcoming to ***, gay, bisexual and transgendered Catholics, had been held with the blessing of senior clergy at the Our Lady of the Assumption church in the West End but had attracted criticism from traditionalists. The cancellation will be seen as...

Alexander Seifalian is professor of nanotechnology and regenerative medicine at University College London I work for University College London (UCL) on the campus of the Royal Free hospital. I only live five minutes' walk away, and I begin the day by dropping off my five-year-old son, Nicholas, at Hampstead Hill School next door. After going through emails and admin, I spend a couple of hours working in the lab. My research is aimed at making organs in the lab using nanomaterials and stem cell technology. At the moment I'm working on an oesophagus, a whole face transplant and an artificial...

A project in north London has seen GPs running integrated care teams made up of district nurses, social workers and care co-ordinators to reduce hospital admissions A group of GPs in north-east London are leading an ambitious integrated care project which sees 132 GP practices, three local councils, two hospital trusts and one community health provider cutting through red tape and working together to try to deliver better care for patients across the area. We think integrated care could be the answer to tackling long term conditions in the capital. The CCGs that have clubbed together for this project...

A lack of integration and splintered funding streams threaten care savings but social impact bonds offer councils hope Positive conversations about the opportunities presented by the public health reforms have quickly turned to discussions of funding shortfalls and the dangers of under-investment. If the graph of doom – a chart presenting the bleak funding picture for local authorities without any radical changes to the social care system – is to be avoided, local authorities need to find new ways of working with commissioners to make upfront investments in lifestyle change. Our Healthy Places...

London and south east NHS trusts want replacement for NPfIT e-record system to enable data sharing and mobile working NHS trusts in London and the south east of England are planning to spend up to £300m on a replacement clinical and administrative information system. The system is intended to enable information sharing, along with flexible and mobile working. Peter Gooch, associate director of ICT at Camden and Islington NHS foundation trust and chair of the group of trusts, called the 2015 Clinical Information System Consortium, said the decision to advertise for a new system follows consultations...

The organisers of this inner city programme to improve health and promote community cohesion believes it's 'an idea whose time has come'. Gill Hitchcock reports. Each Tuesday the Buywell food co-op commandeers a community hall on Tower Hamlet's Lansbury Estate and sells fresh fruit and vegetables to a steady stream of local customers. The volunteer-run co-op is one of 20 projects created by Well London , a programme aimed at promoting better eating, mental wellbeing and opportunities for exercise in some of the city's most deprived areas. Well London is possibly one of the capital's...

Debate at our first Public Health Dialogue focused on the evolving role of directors of public health, as well as commissioning, accountability and inequality Will directors of public health sink or swim in their new roles in local government? That was one of the key questions raised in the healthcare network's first Public Health Dialogue on Wednesday 14 March. Bringing together professionals from the NHS, local government and the third sector, attendees were keen to debate the upcoming challenges facing directors of public health, in particular exploring the transition to local authorities...