ORION laser target diagnostics.

The ORION laser facility is one of the UK's premier laser facilities which became operational at AWE in 2010. Its primary mission is one of stockpile stewardship, ORION will extend the UK's experimental plasma physics capability to the high temperature, high density regime relevant to Atomic Weapons Establishment's (AWE) program. The ORION laser combines ten laser beams operating in the ns regime with two sub ps short pulse chirped pulse amplification beams.

Implementation of preoperative visiting for critical care patients.

Preoperative visiting by a critical care pain nurse has improved patient care within the intensive care and high dependency units of Leicester General Hospital. A patient satisfaction audit showed that 98 per cent of the 50 patients questioned appreciated the visits and 94 per cent were satisfied with the pain relief they received. The service was reviewed in light of the survey results and then re-evaluated three years later as part of the ongoing audit cycle.