Measuring the impact of a public awareness campaign to increase Welfare Power of Attorney registrations in Scotland.

Objective: to measure the impact of the 'My Power of Attorney' media campaign on the number of new power of attorney (POA) registrations in Scotland.

Setting: POA registrations in Scotland processed by the Office of the Public Guardian during January 2010 to June 2015.

Methods: multilevel Poisson models for POA registrations nested by council and annual quarter were run using Markov chain Monte Carlo methods, adjusting for time, campaign (variable ranging between 0 and 5 dependent on intensity of campaign measured by the number of media platforms received) and offset term mid-year population estimate for those aged 25 years+/65 years+.

Optimisation of performance for computed radiography in the West of Scotland.

This paper describes experiences in the introduction of computed radiography systems to hospitals within the West of Scotland. Setting of automatic exposure control levels has enabled dose-area product values to be maintained at 160 cGy cm² for lumbar spine antero-posterior (AP), 250 cGy cm² for lumbar spine lateral, 210 cGy cm² for pelvis AP and 260 cGy cm² for abdomen AP. The study looks at dose levels achieved after 8 y in use and compares the dose levels found from surveys undertaken in 2007 and in 2010.