All Surgery articles – Page 25
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HSJ Local
Review reports on Basildon children's surgery
STRUCTURE: The question of whether children’s surgical services at Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals Foundation Trust should continue in their present form has been raised by an external review.
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News
Commissioners have rationed cataract surgery on inferior evidence, Keogh admits
Around half of all primary care trusts have restricted access to cataract surgery, with the majority basing their decisions on inferior clinical evidence, the medical director of the NHS has told MPs.
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Performance of individual surgeons to be published by next summer
Hospitals providing care to NHS patients will be required to publish information on the performance of individual consultant surgeons working across 10 specialties by summer 2013.
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'Whistleblowing' surgeon in High Court battle
A surgeon who claims he is being victimised for blowing the whistle about safety concerns at Alder Hey Children’s Foundation Trust in Liverpool will take his case to the High Court, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ Local
Green light for East Sussex reconfiguration plans
STRUCTURE: Commissioners have “unanimously” backed proposals to reconfigure three key service areas at East Sussex Healthcare Trust.
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HSJ Local
Western Sussex sees benefits of orthopaedics recovery programme
PERFORMANCE: Changes to the way hip and knee replacement surgery is carried out at Western Sussex Hospitals Trust are producing “better than hoped for” results for length of hospital stay.
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HSJ Local
East Sussex board backs reconfiguration plans
STRUCTURE: East Sussex Healthcare Trust’s board has agreed recommendations that will see three key service areas reconfigured between its two main hospital sites.
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HSJ Local
Surgery equipment accolade for Mid Staffs
Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust has been awarded a gold standard by the Association of Laparoscopic Surgeons in its second National Audit of Theatre Equipment.
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Comment
Standards suffer when children's services are fragmented
Disparate children’s services need an urgent review
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HSJ Local
Salisbury cancelled procedures due to spike in emergency demand
PERFORMANCE: The number of operations cancelled on the day of surgery at Salisbury Foundation Trust rose “significantly” during August due to an increased emergency workload, board papers said.
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HSJ Local
Concerns about consultant who delivered prime minister's baby date back more than 10 years
PERFORMANCE: Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust has launched a review of the care provided to women by the consultant who delivered prime minister David Cameron’s baby.
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Blood and Transplant reports 'dramatic decline' in young donors
Health officials are appealing for new blood donors to come forward after a “dramatic decline” in the number of younger donors.
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HSJ Local
Rat droppings found in operating theatre
Forty operations have been cancelled at Sherwood Forest Hospitals Foundation Trust after rat droppings were found in an operating theatre.
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HSJ Local
Aspirant FT says it has improved following CQC visit
PERFORMANCE: Managers at a Midlands hospital which had its application for foundation trust status deferred for the second time following CQC concerns, have said work has been done to improve.
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Hunt announces crackdown on unsafe surgery
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has announced plans for a taskforce to improve safety of surgery after it emerged more than 80 per cent of never events during 2011-12 occurred in operating theatres.
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HSJ Local
Robot used in heart surgery first at Wolverhampton
CLINICAL RESEARCH: Surgeons at New Cross Hospital in Wolverhampton have successfully carried out the UK’s first robotically-assisted open heart surgery.
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Hunt launches review of children's heart surgery services
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has asked the Independent Reconfiguration Panel to carry out a full review of the decision to close some children’s heart surgery centres.
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HSJ Local
New vascular surgery service for Derbyshire
STRUCTURE: Two East Midlands foundation trusts have joined forces to provide an integrated vascular surgery service to the whole of Derbyshire.
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News
Warning against surgery age limits
Thousands of older patients are needlessly dying because they are being denied treatment on the grounds of their age, a report has found.