Month: June 2021

Bedfont takes to the Skies for Heart of Kent Hospice

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Local company, Bedfont Scientific Ltd., fundraises and skydives to raise money for the Heart of Kent Hospice

On Sunday 13th June, a group of Bedfont employees daringly jumped from a plane in a bid to raise £3000 for local charity, Heart of Kent Hospice, who provides specialist palliative care, advice and clinical support for adults with life limiting illness and their families in Kent.

Each member of the Bedfont Family had their own personal reasons for supporting the charity and the Skydive was a new and brilliant adventure for them to undertake.

Jason Smith, Managing Director at Bedfont, commented, “We’re incredibly proud of Katie, Amber, Amy, Ryan, Hannah, and Tom for taking on this challenge to fundraise for a great charity, and we’re very grateful to all our friends, family, co-workers and business partners who have donated to such a great cause. We’re still a few pounds away our fundraising goal of £3000 so if you would like to donate to a good cause, please visit our Just Giving page.”

To donate to the Heart of Kent Hospice, please visit: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/bedfont-scientific

The Smoking Cessation & Health Conference UK to be hosted virtually on 16th June

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The Smoking Cessation & Health Conference UK (SCaH) is an annual dedicated event for professionals working in smoking cessation and related services in the UK that focuses on how to reduce the burden of smoking related death and disease. This year, SCaH will be hosted virtually on 16th June, and our very own Clinical Research Associate, Hannah Vince Drew, has been a vital member of the organising committee this year. She has helped develop the structure and the content being exhibited at the SCAH conference, which involved reviewing scientific abstracts submitted, developing timetables and highlighting appropriate content, to help us work towards a Smoke-free 2030.

Together with our UK distributor, Intermedical Ltd., we are hosting a session about our new iCOquit® Bluetooth CO monitor and how it has been helping Stop Smoking Services continue to provide support throughout the pandemic.

To view more about the event, please click here: https://www.smokingcessationandhealth.co.uk/

To register for the event, please click here: https://www.smokingcessationandhealth.co.uk/register/

Bedfont Scientific Ltd. teams up with GI Cognition to launch Hydrogen and Methane Breath Testing ‘Home Kits’ to help improve Gastric Health remotely

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Bedfont® presents its new Hydrogen and Methane Breath Testing Home Kits in association with GI Cognition

With the pandemic of COVID-19 bringing a halt to most medical tests and procedures, it has highlighted a need to safely, easily, and remotely find a way for health services to continue treating their patients, especially in the field of Gastroenterology. Global breath analysis manufacturer, Bedfont® Scientific Ltd., has teamed up with GI Cognition to do just that in launching its new Hydrogen and Methane Breath Testing (HMBT) ‘Home Kits’ to help improve Gastric Health remotely.

Known for their innovative medical devices, Bedfont® brings their 32 years of Hydrogen and Methane monitoring knowledge and has created a simple and patient-friendly HMBT Home Kit, which allows patients to be tested remotely for many digestive issues, including food intolerances, IBS, and SIBO. The Home Kits will be distributed by GI Cognition; a UK network of qualified GI physiologists, providing a unique and innovative mobile gastrointestinal physiology service.

According to NICE, IBS prevalence in the UK population is estimated to be between 10% and 20%1 and SIBO affects 1 in 7 according to the London Gastroenterology Centre2. GI Cognition was first established to ease the pressure on UK hospitals that deal with long waiting times and convoluted processes for their gastroenterology outpatients. By teaming up with Bedfont® to offer HMBT Home Kits, they can not only accomplish this but also help Bedfont® to raise awareness of gastrointestinal health and give the patient more knowledge and control of their own gastric health.

Dr. Jafar Jafari, Head Of Upper GI Physiology Service at Guys and St Thomas Hospital, and Executive Director at GI Cognition, explains, “Hydrogen and methane breath testing is an invaluable tool in helping to detect gastrointestinal disorders, but unfortunately there are not enough qualified GI physiologists in the UK to meet the growing demand from patients and hospitals, causing a shortage of upper GI testing services, including HMBT; GI cognition was established to remedy this. We are excited to be working with Bedfont® on HMBT Home Kits to help bridge the gap.”

Jason Smith, Managing Director at Bedfont®, adds, “For some time there has been a need to help reduce the pressure on gastroenterology health services and with the pandemic, we decided to focus on developing the Home Kits sooner. Through remote breath analysis, more patients can be seen, without having to leave the comfort of their homes, meaning they can receive great care and stop living in discomfort by better understanding and taking control of their digestive health.”

References:

  1. Introduction | Irritable bowel syndrome in adults: diagnosis and management | Guidance | NICE [Internet]. Nice.org.uk. 2021 [cited 20 May 2008]. Available from: https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/cg61/chapter/introduction#:~:text=IBS%20most%20often%20affects%20people,of%20IBS%20in%20older%20people.
  2. SIBO (Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth) – Treating, Testing & Preventing [Internet]. London Gastroenterology Centre. 2018 [cited 20 May 2021]. Available from: https://www.gastrolondon.co.uk/overview-of-diagnosis-and-management-of-small-intestinal-bacterial-overgrowth/