All Surgery articles – Page 23
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NewsTrusts battle to secure 'specialist' status amid Healthier Together controversy
Battle lines have been drawn between the four acute trusts in Greater Manchester fighting for ‘specialist hospital’ status in a major citywide reorganisation.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow physios can take the pressure off surgery services
One trust’s spinal surgey unit has benefited from new training
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NewsDoctors urged to opt out of working week directive
The Department of Health has pledged to find ways to help more doctors opt out of the European working time directive, which the authority admits has led to rigid shift patterns and had a detrimental effect on training.
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NewsAge discrimination in surgery rates
Older people still face age discrimination when doctors decide whether or not to give them life-saving surgery, a new report suggests.
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NewsBMA sues whistleblower surgeon
The British Medical Association is suing a whistleblowing surgeon for legal costs of up to £250,000 following the collapse of a High Court battle.
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SupplementsHSJ roundtable: An enhanced perspective on surgical recovery
Enhanced recovery programmes for surgery patients
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NewsProbe into five deaths in Maidstone identified 'dysfunctional' working relationships
A probe into five patient deaths at a hospital in Kent has identified that “dysfunctional” working relationships in a surgical team had hampered “intimidated” staff from raising concerns.
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NewsKeogh to investigate pre-op pregnancy tests
The NHS is to examine the issue of pregnancy tests for women of child-bearing age before surgery after a businesswoman was forced to abort her baby following a minor operation.
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North Staffordshire suspends consultant
The University Hospital of North Staffordshire Trust has suspended and reviewed the work of a consultant surgeon who used an unproven technique for face and head operations, allegedly exposing 88 patients to unnecessary risk.
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HSJ KnowledgeSpecialist hospitals have a vital role in quality healthcare delivery
Key feature in the new NHS landscape
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CommentMy advice on Bristol: we have come a long way
Chief executive responds to Maria Von Hildebrand
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HSJ LocalExclusive: University Hospitals Bristol 'inured' to impact of failings
An adviser to the national review of children’s heart surgery has warned recent failings at Bristol Royal Hospital for Children “echo” those which led to a public inquiry almost 20 years ago.
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CommentMy advice to Bristol heart parents: consider another hospital
The unit lacks direction and leadership
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HSJ Local
Patients operated on with unsterilised instruments
An investigation has been launched after nine patients at a hospital in the North West were operated on with surgical instruments which had not been fully sterilised.
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HSJ KnowledgeWeekend surgery just got safer
How a trust improved its use of vacant operating theatres
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NewsRoyal college condemns obesity surgery stand-off
The Royal College of Surgeons has condemned a stand-off between local and national commissioners over surgery for the morbidly obese.
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HSJ Local
Hospital to join vascular surgery network
Salisbury District Hospital is to become part of a regional network of specialist centres for vascular surgery.
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NewsSurgical never events 'completely unacceptable'
NHS England’s patient safety director has said there is no excuse for surgical never events after it was revealed 85 trusts reported incidents such as wrong site surgery in the first half of 2013-14.
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NewsFamily demands inquiry over liver surgery deaths
Health chiefs are being urged to publish the results of an inquiry which caused a top flight liver surgeon to be banned from carrying out operations.