All Surgery articles – Page 31
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HSJ KnowledgeHealthcare without limits: what the EU directive on cross-border care means for the NHS
The EU directive on cross-border healthcare is likely to bring with it dramatic changes to the provision of and access to healthcare. Elisabetta Zanon explains what it means for organisations in the UK.
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News£2bn costs warning over growing obesity cases
A potential 26 million people living in the UK could be suffering from obesity in less than 20 years, clinical researchers have predicted.
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HSJ Local
Queen Victoria awards construction contract
COMMERCIAL: Queen Victoria NHS FT has signed an £8m building contract with construction company Willmott Dixon.
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CommentSally Gainsbury: PROMs prove McKinsey right - nearly
The latest crop of patient reported outcome measures confirm huge numbers of patients do not feel any better after undergoing one of four measuredprocedures, and quite a few report feeling worse.
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NewsNHS patients will wait longer under reform - Unison
The number of private patients that hospitals can treat will spiral and push those on the NHS to the bottom of waiting lists under the government’s health reforms, a public sector union has claimed.
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NewsHeart services consultation receives large response
A national consultation about the future of children’s congenital heart services has received more than 75,000 responses.
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HSJ KnowledgeA hire price to pay: how leasing equipment saves money and improves service quality
In times of plenty, the financing rules made outright purchase the most obvious source of new investment. But dwindling capital means leasing equipment may improve care quality and finances, say Louise Hamilton and Bob Dredge.
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Aneurysms surgery moves from Darlington to Durham
STRUCTURE: County Durham and Darlington NHS Trust will axe its routine surgery for aneurysms with patients having to travel to the University of North Durham hospital for treatment.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow enhanced recovery is transforming surgical care pathways
With enhanced recovering now being implemented across the NHS, the benefits to surgery and care pathways are being realised. NHS Improvement cancer director Ann Driver looks at how the key principles are making a big difference.
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NewsHuge variation in reoperation rates for bowel cancer
Researchers are calling for the reoperation rate to be used as a quality indicator after a study found some hospitals were up to five times more likely to reoperate after colorectal surgery than others.
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HSJ Local
Outer north east London lacks obesity management services
FINANCE: The outer north east London cluster of primary care trusts could save money on bariatric surgery with better community services for obesity.
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HSJ Local
Trust U-turns over weight loss operation funding
FINANCE: A primary care trust that won two legal battles after rejecting a former policeman’s request for weight-loss surgery has changed its mind and agreed to provide funding for the operation.
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HSJ Local
Southampton Trust gains services as commissioners shun London
FINANCE: Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust has gained £1m worth of cardiac surgery as a result of work by Hampshire primary care trust to move services outside of London.
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HSJ Local
CQC finds Royal Cornwall has made improvements
PERFORMANCE: Care Quality Commission inspectors are now satisfied with the safety of Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust’s operating theatres.
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NewsFewer tonsil operations are risking patient lives, hospitals warned
The NHS is putting patients at risk of serious illness by carrying out too few tonsil operations in a bid to save cash, an expert has said.
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News'Financial reward' kidney donation comment sparks row
People should be allowed to sell their kidneys for £28,000 to tackle a shortage of donors, a researcher has suggested.
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NewsNew drivers will be asked to sign up to donor register
People who apply online for a driving licence will be required to answer a question regarding organ donation, under a new scheme starting today.
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NewsPatient operations deliberately delayed, CCP claims
Patients are being forced to wait for treatment in the hope they will remove themselves from waiting lists by either going private or dying, a report has suggested.
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HSJ Local
Dispute over Leeds children's heart surgery
PERFORMANCE: Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust has rejected a charity’s criticism of standards of its children’s heart surgery, as the Care Quality Commission says it will look at the concerns.
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NewsLiver transplant patients could hit 4,000 by 2020
More than 4,000 people in England may need a liver transplant by 2020 because of hepatitis C, experts have warned.