All Surgery articles – Page 21
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HSJ LocalGreater Manchester to reduce 'specialist' surgery sites
STRUCTURE: Emergency and high risk surgery in Greater Manchester will be concentrated on four sites, rather than five, commissioners have announced.
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CommentWaits improve in England as 'managed breach' continues illicitly
Winning the waiting times battle
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NewsExclusive: Efficiency rankings must not be 'crude weapon', Carter warns
Lord Carter has warned that the new metric he is developing to rate the productivity of every hospital in England must not be used as a ‘crude weapon’ in trust regulation.
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HSJ LocalNottingham trust unveils four new theatres
STRUCTURE: Four new operating theatres delivering 850 extra orthopaedic surgical cases each year have been unveiled by Nottingham University Hospitals Trust.
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HSJ LocalUpdated: Five 'never events' spark Royal College of Surgeons review
QUALITY: Bolton Foundation Trust has asked the Royal College of Surgeons to review its services after reporting five ‘never events’ in the last year.
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NewsRevealed: High level fears over patient consent abuse
The Care Quality Commission and NHS England have raised concerns that the current system for securing patient consent for treatment is open to abuse. It comes amid allegations that some doctors have retrospectively altered consent forms, HSJ can reveal.
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News'Record breaking' number of long waiting patients admitted
Trusts have admitted a ‘record breaking’ number of patients waiting over 18 weeks for treatment, according to the latest data.
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HSJ KnowledgeGood for the hip pocket: The cost cutting project improving surgery
The costs of total hip replacement
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NewsRoyal college: Changing surgical pathways could save money and lives
Hospitals could reduce length of stay and improve patient outcomes if they reimagine the way more than 10 million patients a year undergo surgery in the NHS, HSJ has been told.
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HSJ Local£2m upgrade of operating theatres underway
SURGERY: A major refurbishment of theatres has started at Weston Area Health Trust, including new surgeon’s panels, flooring repairs, a lift and extra rooms.
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HSJ LocalChesterfield Royal misses cancer target
PERFORMANCE: Chesterfield Royal Hospital Foundation Trust has missed the national target for treating cancer patients within 62 days of screening for the third month in a row.
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NewsCall for more surgeons as hip and knee operations rise
A shortage of training places for orthopaedic surgeons must be addressed as demand for hip and knee replacement surgery continues to rise, the Royal College of Surgeons has said.
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HSJ LocalCCG invites bids for £100m ‘health campus’ provider
COMMERCIAL: Somerset Clinical Commissioning Group has invited organisations to bid to provide major services at a proposed health and wellbeing campus to serve Shepton Mallet and surrounding villages.
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HSJ LocalCCG to investigate postponed operations
PERFORMANCE: North East Lincolnshire Clinical Commissioning Group is to investigate patient concerns about postponed operations.
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HSJ LocalCancer patients miss out on surgery due to winter pressures
PERFORMANCE: Elective surgery in “many specialties” - including cancer – has been postponed or cancelled in Leeds because of excess demand for services over winter.
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HSJ Local
UHNM launches partnership with GP surgery
University Hospitals of North Midlands Trust has launched a partnership with local GP surgery Nantwich Health Centre for plastic surgery, gynaecology and neurology patients in south Cheshire.
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NewsExclusive: Medical examiners help expose patient safety risks
Medical examiners working in pilot areas in England have exposed clinical incidents, poor staffing and fatal infections that have led to deaths on hospital wards, according to research shared with HSJ.
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CommentTrainee doctors shouldn't opt out of the working time directive
The long and short of junior doctors’ hours