All Surgery articles – Page 36
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NewsLancashire PCTs to review funding for 70 procedures
PCTs in Lancashire have become the latest to consider restricting NHS funding of a range of procedures to save money.
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NewsNHS Surrey stops funding for IVF and tattoo removal
IVF treatment for women under 39, cosmetic procedures and other low priority interventions will no longer be funded in Surrey.
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NewsNHS targets skew surgery management, doctors warn
People needing emergency treatment are losing out because managers prioritise pre-booked patients in order to hit targets, senior doctors have warned.
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CommentThe Mid Staffs inquiry and NHS redundancies
The national media’s week was not surprisingly dominated by the start of the Mid Staffs public inquiry.
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NewsElderly miss out on post surgical care
Managers have been urged to improve the treatment of elderly patients after a survey found that only a third of older patients who died in hospital following surgery received good care.
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News£750m spent by NHS on locum doctors
NHS hospitals spend more than £750m a year on hiring temporary doctors - and the cost has almost doubled in two years, figures suggest.
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NewsReport highlights out-of-date keyhole equipment
More than one in four hospitals performing keyhole surgery are using out-of-date and potentially unsafe equipment, according to a new report.
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NewsOrgan transplants hit record high
A record number of organ transplants were carried out in the UK last year, figures show.
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NewsKent PCT to delay referrals in order to dodge overspend
A primary care trust in Kent has become the latest to announce it is reducing funding for IVF and low priority procedures this year in order to tackle rising acute activity, which risks a £40m overspend.
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News'No problems' at cardiac unit, inquest told
A doctor who carried out heart surgery on a baby girl who was one of four infants to die at a leading Oxford hospital in a matter of months has told an inquest there were no problems within the unit at the time.
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NewsInquest into John Radcliffe baby death opens
An inquest into the death of one of four babies to die at a leading hospital in a matter of months following heart surgery, will be held on Wednesday.
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Yorkshire PCT announces 'unpalatable' measures to tackle overspend
A Yorkshire primary care trust has suspended contracts with local GPs for simple procedures and returned them to acute settings, as part of immediate measures to address “serious financial pressures”.
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NewsCaesarean rates 'vary widely' in UK
A new study has suggested that the differences in opinion between doctors across England is the cause of varying rates of Caesarean sections carried out in the country.
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NewsBariatric surgery on the rise in Scotland
More than a hundred gastric band operations were carried out in Scotland in the last two years, figures have revealed.
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NewsCall to reform surgical profession
Surgeons belong to a “profession adrift” that is in urgent need of reform, a leading medical journal has claimed.
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NewsFormer BMA chair acted like 'caricature of surgical arrogance'
Surgeon and former British Medical Association chair James Johnson left a surgical clip inside a patient, shouted at junior staff and behaved like a “caricature of surgical arrogance”, a disciplinary hearing has heard.
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NewsWoman wins court bid to have gastric bypass
A mother of three is believed to have become the first person in the country to use a judicial review to force the NHS to give her a gastric bypass so she can lose weight, her solicitor has said.
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NewsFormer BMA chairman to face disciplinary panel
The former chairman of the British Medical Association will face a disciplinary panel accused of professional misconduct, it has emerged.
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NewsJoint replacement patients in poorest ever health
People needing hip and knee replacements are in poorer health than ever before, with most now obese or overweight, according to a study out today.
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NewsHundreds of patients face hip replacement recall
A medical device company has issued an urgent safety notice after discovering problems with hip replacement devices thought to have been fitted in hundreds of NHS patients.