The Operating Theatre Journal

Wednesday, 31 March 2010

NHS spends 14% of budget on management, MPs reveal

Costs are too high and NHS chiefs tried to suppress figures, select committee report says

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Monday, 29 March 2010

ORGAN TRANSPLANT ALLOCATION RULES MADE MORE FLEXIBLE FOR EXCEPTIONAL CASES

Organ donors will in future be allowed to donate their organs to a family member or close friend in need of a transplant under new rules, Health Minister Ann Keen announced today.

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Basic surgical procedures 'denied to thousands' amid NHS cost cutting

Basic surgical procedures which could improve the lives of thousands of people are being denied amid NHS cost cutting, some of the country's leading doctors have warned.

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Thursday, 25 March 2010

NHS to expand in the global market

The NHS could generate additional funding from other countries and organisations using its knowledge and products, Health Secretary Andy Burnham announced today.

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Woman, 79, dies after surgical swab was left inside her for nine months

A hospital has been branded an 'absolute disgrace' after a pensioner died when a surgical swab was left inside her for nine months.

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Saturday, 20 March 2010

Britain Gets Bed Bug Bitten!

Figures released today show that, despite spending a third of our lives in bed, most Brits change their pillows so infrequently that 70 per cent of our bedding is filled with excrement from thousands of dust mites.

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Tuberculosis rates and treatment remain a concern

Joint press release by WHO Regional Office for Europe and European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control

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Thursday, 11 March 2010

Calls to halt England NHS patient database development

Doctors' leaders have called for a halt in the development of a medical records database for patients in England.

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Wednesday, 10 March 2010

Operating Theatre Lighting

We are a research team at Loughborough University and we are working on a project funded by the Centre for Evidence based Purchasing (CEP) which, as part of the NHS purchasing and Supply Agency (PASA) is intended to ensure best value win procurement for the NHS.

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Saturday, 6 March 2010

£4 million private hospital in Carlisle empty for two years

A purpose-built £4 million private hospital with an operating theatre has stood empty in Carlisle for two years because nobody wants it.

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Friday, 5 March 2010

Tuesday, 2 March 2010

Call for nurses, midwives and health service boards to restate their commitment to high quality care

Prime Ministers Commission on the Future of Nursing and Midwifery in England sets out the way forward for the future of the professions.

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Monday, 1 March 2010

Nuffield Health backs Savvy Citizens Campaign

The Chartered Institute for IT campaign highlights importance of accessing health information

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