Pre-Medicine Taster Course at The Clinical Exchange

This week saw the successful completion of the first Pre-Medicine Taster Course run by The Whiteley Clinic at The Clinical Exchange.

This course runs over 8 weeks for one evening per week. It is aimed at students from 14 - 18 who want to go to medical school.

For more details on the course - www.theclinicalexchange.co.uk

GP minor surgery course at The Clinical Exchange

We have just finished running our first GP Minor Surgery course at The Clinical Exchange.

Situated above The Whiteley Clinic operating theatres, we have a video link allowing real time observation of local anaesthetic or laser procedures by up to 48 delegates.

The audio visual link allows the delegates to ask questions of the surgeon and patient during the procedure to enable the very best teaching and learning environment.

The Clinical Exchange runs a series of clinical courses throughout the year and leases out its premises for companies or individuals that want to run courses or promote their products with live demonstrations.

http://www.theclinicalexchange.com/

Venous eczema and varicose veins treated by The Whiteley Protocol

A new Whiteley Clinic video is launched on You Tube. The patient is a man who had venous eczema and discolouration of the ankle due to varicose veins.

Before coming to The Whiteley Clinic he had been advised only to have support stockings.

He was cured by walk-in walk-out local anaesthetic surgery using The Whiteley Protocol.

Disability Challengers

As part of our Social Responsibility policy, we are delighted to have become one of the Disability Challengers Champions.

Disability Challengers (www.disability-challengers.org) is a wonderful children's charity which helps disabled children learn and grow through play.

Our support of Disability Challengers adds to our continued support and sponsorship of Guildford Rugby Club, and builds on our previous sponsorship of Help for Heroes.

Whiteley Clinic veins screening service on Linkedin

The Whiteley Clinic now has its veins screening service accessible via the Linkedin website:

www.linkedin.com/company/the-whiteley-clinic/products

Video of The Whiteley Protocol - treatment of varicose veins

This video is of a patient who attended The Whiteley Clinic with nasty varicose veins.

Our investigations showed her veins came from her pelvis - so she underwent pelvic vein embolisation as part of her procedure.

She talks about her experiences and her result.

New website on Venous Eczema

We are delighted to launch the new Venous Eczema website:

Venous Eczema is one of a host of under diagnosed conditions related to varicose veins and venous reflux (hidden varicose veins).

Many people have red or brown stains on their legs due to venous eczema. Unfortunately as the underlying venous reflux is often hidden away (hidden varicose veins) GP's and nurses often just give steroid creams or other creams to try to make it feel better.

Although this stops any itching for a while, it doesn't take away the underlying cause - that of the venous reflux (or hidden varicose veins) - meaning it continues to worsen and head towards leg ulceration.

This website explains the problem - gives example pictures - and shows the right treatment that can cure the problem:

venous duplex ultrasound and the correct surgery as recommended by The Whiteley ProtocolTM.

http://www.venouseczema.co.uk/

Body Conference - 6th / 7th November

Mark Whiteley is delighted to be speaking at The Body Conference on Sunday 7th November.

He is speaking about EVLA - Endovenous Laser Ablation of varicose veins.

Click here for details

Free online vein screening - VeinScreening.co.uk

We are proud to launch our Vein Screening website - www.veinscreening.co.uk.

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This is a FREE online service where people worried about their legs, with:

• varicose veins
• aching legs
• swollen ankles
• thread veins
• discoloured skin at the ankles
• leg ulcers
• itching skin on the legs

can get a free assessment and advice as to whether they might need further investigation.

As so many people get incorrect or out-dated information about varicose veins and venous conditions, we hope that this will be a major advance for people wanting to look after themselves.

RFiTT in Grazia magazine

This week Grazia magazine is running an article on the new RFiTT technique for treating varicose veins - and it quotes Mark Whiteley whose clinic has been doing research to improve the results of this technique.

RFiTT is a radiofrequency device that is used through a keyhole (or pinhole) approach, that closes Varicose Veins using heat. The treatment is all controlled by ultrasound to make sure that the target vein is completed destroyed.

Research on RFiTT performed this summer at The Whiteley Clinic by George Badham - Whiteley Clinic research fellow - won 3rd Prize at the IVEC and ISVS in Milan, in October this year.