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DISPEX NEWS: Peezy available on prescription

24.05.10

Now available on prescription: radically improved mid-stream urine collection system from Peezy is now available as a device listed in Part IX of the Drug Tariff.Peezy, the Right-First-Time female urine collection system is approved by NHS Prescription Services and available on Drug Tariff Listing from 1st May 2010.  Read more

INCAPITALHEALTH: Good medicine demands accurate diagnosis: Peezy is a critical step forward

15.04.10

Without an accurate diagnosis, the rest of medicine is potentially dangerous. All medicine must commence following an accurate diagnosis. One of the most fundamental factors affecting the quality of the diagnosis is the quality of the sample. Many types of samples can be taken, but urine is one of the most popular as it is non-invasive and is an excellent medium for assessing patient health status.   Read more

Top Gynaecologists and their patients recommend Peezy

15.03.10

Top Harley Street Gynaecologist, Mr Adrian Lower is the first senior Consultant Gynaecologist in the UK to start using the Peezy urine sample collection system. HCA Laboratories who provide Mr Lower with his quality diagnostic laboratory service via The Princess Grace Hospital have taken the initiative to routinely provide the Peezy urine sample system.   Read more

INDEPENDENT PRACTITIONER TODAY: 'Necessity' was the mother of invention

11.03.10

Independent practitioners as entrepreneurs often get big ideas for adapting techniques and inventing new equipment. But taking your little piggy to market is not so easy – as Dr Vincent Forte found out. Here he shares how he overcame the difficulties to take his invention to become an award-winning global healthcare product.  Read more

NHS PRESCRIPTION SERVICES APPROVE PEEZY

05.03.10

From 1st May 2010 Peezy will be available to women on prescription.Funnelly Enough today received confirmation that the Drug Tariff Listing will include Peezy under Part IXB Incontinence Appliances section.  Read more

DAILY MAIL: Dragon's Den on the Hospital Ward

02.02.10

WOMEN'S SAMPLE BOTTLE PROBLEM: inaccurate test results form urine samples. Women have difficulty filling the narrow bottle routinely given out for this. An accurate sample has to be mid-stream - the first part doesn't produce accurate results because it's full of bacteria being flushed from the body.  Read more

IN CAPITAL HEALTH NEWS: sample collection made more dignified for women

07.12.09

There are a number of established, conventional ways for women to provide a urine sample for medical analysis, none of which guarantees a mid-stream, and most of which engender contamination of the sample. This can yield a false-positive result, a requirement to re-test, delayed or inaccurate diagnosis and the prescribing of a broad-spectrum antibiotic instead of something targeted to treat the prevalent infection.  Read more

Symptom Sorter by Dr Vincent Forte and Dr Keith Hopcroft remains No 1 at Radcliffe Publishing

23.11.09

The acclaimed text, Symptom Sorter by Peezy inventor Dr Vincent Forte and Dr Keith Hopcroft remains in top position on the Radcliffe Publishing Bestseller list.The book, now in its Third Edition, is widely used in Teaching Hospitals and by GPs across the UK.  Read more

The London Design Festival Guide 2009

19.09.09

[excerpt] Perhaps a more accurate sign that design was beginning to remember its core values once again could be seen at the Design Week awards ...  Read more

NORWICH EVENING NEWS: Doctor's easy Peezy device wins award for innovation

23.05.09

A GP's simple invention to make his female patients' lives easier last night won a regional award.  Read more

LOWESTOFT JOURNAL: Easy Peezy as invention wins award

21.05.09

A GP's simple invention to make his female patients' lives easier last night won a regional award.   Read more

EASTERN DAILY PRESS: Easy Peezy as sample device wins award

21.05.09

A GP's simple invention to make his female patients' lives easier last night won a regional award.  Read more

UNISON Support Worker wins Luxury Spa Day

13.05.09

Cath Powell, a Support Worker from Hywel DDA NHS Trust and UNISON member has won a day at a luxury Spa of her choice.  Read more

GP MAGAZINE: GP Designed Urine Tester Wins Award

08.05.09

Norfolk GP Dr Vincent Forte demonstrates his award-winning device to help women give accurate, hygienic urine samples.  Read more

Peezy shortlisted for NHS Innovation East of England Health & Social Care Awards

05.04.09

Peezy has been nominated as a finalist in the technology category of the NHS Innovation East of England Health and Social Care Awards.  Read more

Peezy shorlisted for D&AD Product Design Award

28.03.09

Peezy has been shortlisted in the Product Design category of the D&AD Awards 2009.  Read more

The Peezy Story

28.03.09

One rainy evening in 2000, at the end of a busy day in surgery, GP Dr Vincent Forte rang his sister to muse over the number of women patients who had berated him that day, for requesting a urine sample – and giving them a very narrow, standard Universal Container to do it in.  Read more

DESIGN WEEK Editorial comment "a great standard for future years"

19.03.09

You couldn't get a better indicator of the directions that design is taking than the two main contenders in the 2009 Design Week Awards.  Read more

DESIGN WEEK: Peezy does it

19.03.09

Professional punslinger Jim Davies celebrates those brands brave enough to take a risk on name wordplay, undercutting the pomposity of conventional positioning.  Read more

DESIGN WEEK Tugging at the purse strings

19.03.09

Entrepreneurial types can develop their own products, and win awards for them too – but will they ever make money doing it? Asks Emily Pacey.  Read more

MEDIA-MEDICS.CO.UK "Peezy does it!"

09.03.09

Unique user-friendly medical device wins top accolade at 2009 Design Week Awards.   Read more

DESIGN WEEK (Web) Urine collection device wins top Design Award

06.03.09

You couldn't get a better indicator of the directions that design is taking than the two main contenders in the 2009 Design Week Awards.  Read more

Peezy wins BEST OF SHOW and Best Industrial Product Design at Design Week Awards 2009

04.03.09

British designed and manufactured Peezy, the elegant, compact new urine collector for women, last night won Best of Show, fighting off stiff competition from the Apple MacBook Air.  Read more