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Professional horse racing is an exciting and demanding sport with high injury rates. Surprisingly few epidemiological studies have been published and no prospective studies have been reported. This paper reviews the literature and provides a detailed breakdown of injuries in Great Britain and the Republic of Ireland for 1992-2000. The introduction of protective equipment is discussed and evidence for its effectiveness put forward. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article offers various developments taking place in the field of medicine in Great Britain. It is reported that, a woman from the Republic of Ireland has won a court case at the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) against the restrictive abortion legislation of Ireland, to go for abortion. The government of Great Britain, as reported, had issued a white paper in July 2010 indicating that it will bring a value-based pricing policy for medicines by the year 2014.

Aims of the scts adult cardiac surgery database To measure the quality of care of adult cardiac surgery in GB and Ireland and provide information for quality improvement and research. Quality of care interventions Feedback of structured data to hospitals, publication of named hospital and surgeon mortality data, publication of benchmarked activity and risk adjusted clinical outcomes through intermittent comprehensive database reports, annual screening of all hospital and individual surgeon risk adjusted mortality rates by the professional society. Setting All NHS hospitals in England, Scotland and Wales with input from some private providers and hospitals in Ireland. Years 1994-ongoing. Population Consecutive patients, unconsented. Current number of records: 400000. Startpoints Adult cardiac surgery operations excluding cardiac transplantation and ventricular assist devices. Baseline data 129 fields covering demographic factors, pre-operative risk factors, operative details and post-operative in-hospital outcomes. Data capture Entry onto local software systems by direct key board entry or subsequent transcription from paper records, with subsequent electronic upload to the central cardiac audit database. Non-financial incentives at hospital level. Data quality Local validation processes exist in the hospitals. There is currently no external data validation process. Endpoints and linkages to other data All cause mortality is obtained through linkage with Office for National Statistics. No other linkages exist at present. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]