INNOVATION IN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE

The Royal Society for Public Health, with support from the Centre for Public Innovation, has launched a new range of one day courses on Innovation in Health and Social Care.

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Anaesthetic Nurses/Operating Department Practitioners, Scrub Nurses, Recovery Nurses

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MORE POWER TO THE PATIENT

Patients will be offered more choice and control over their healthcare with the launch of the first direct payment scheme, Care Services Minister Paul Burstow announced today.

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Clean Uniforms Can Help Hospitals 'Cure' $30 Billion in Infection-Related Overhead

If you want to observe a sickly expression on a hospital administrator's face, point out that the Committee to Reduce Infection Deaths (RID) says hospital-acquired infections cause more than $30 billion a year in needless healthcare industry overhead which, according to the Centers for Disease Control, conservatively reflects 1.7 million infections and 99,000 associated deaths annually.

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Health Secretary speech to NHS Confederation

In a speech at the NHS Confederation annual conference on the 24th of June, the Health Secretary set out how a vision for patient-centred care will propel the NHS, the professionals and the front-line through the unique and challenging times ahead.

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Theatre Practitioners wanted.

Paterson Healthcare (PHC) was formed in 1994 and has since gained an enviable reputation for quality, service and high standards.

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AO Cranio-Maxillofacial Course for Operating Room Personnel: 9 & 10 September 2010

Course Venue: Brandon Hall, Coventry

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NTAC launches latest How To Why To Guide

The NHS Technology Adoption Centre (NTAC) has launched its latest online "How to why to Guide" for Insulin Pump Therapy. This online Guide informs clinicians and managers how to successfully implement insulin pump therapy into routine clinical and operational practice.

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HPC launches new resources for registrants to promote their HPC registration

The Health Professions Council is pleased to announce the introduction of a new resource for individuals on the HPC Register.

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Forthcoming RSM meetings July

Pain in orthopaedic practice, Head and neck imaging, From bench to bedside: Bariatric surgery

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War training in mock Camp Bastion

A young man in desert fatigues is rushed from an ambulance to resus on a stretcher. His left arm is hanging off, the devastating blow from a rocket-propelled grenade.

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Surgery targets endanger patient safety, poll suggests

Pressures over hospital budgets and targets may be damaging safety in operating theatres, a survey suggests.

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First patients at Birmingham's Queen Elizabeth Hospital

Birmingham's new £545m hospital has started taking some of its first patients.

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ICO lashes out at NHS over new data breaches

Further losses raise hackles of data protection watchdog

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Live simulated surgery at Science Festival show

From today until Sunday, visitors to the festival will be able to drop by an inflatable simulated operating suite and see a team of anaesthetists, surgeons and nurses carrying out an emergency procedure known as a laparotomy on a highly realistic silicon model.

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Theatre practitioners help develop new anaesthetic medication safety tray

Vernacares new single-use anaesthetic safety tray will help reduce operating theatre error and advance standards of infection prevention.

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Drug will save lives of accident victims, says study

Up to 100,000 lives could be saved every year if a known drug were given to seriously bleeding trauma patients, says a report from a global trial.

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IV conference from IPS

The IPS IV Forum are pleased to announce the second annual international IV conference

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Huge disparity in NHS death rates revealed

Patients less likely to die in bigger hospitals, reveals exclusive Guardian investigation

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Surgical Instrument Identification Flash Cards

Spectrum Surgical announces new Instrument Identification Flash Cards for educational purposes.

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Hepatitis C victims excited for surgical tech bill to become law

DENVER - For a pair of bills ripped straight from the headlines, they sure didn't get much ink.


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HEALTH SECRETARY LAUNCHES FULL PUBLIC INQUIRY INTO FAILINGS AT MID-STAFFORDSHIRE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

A full public inquiry into the appalling failings in patient care at Mid-Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust was announced today by Health Secretary Andrew Lansley.

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Independent EWTD Review calls for action to deliver high quality training and improve patient safety

Professor Sir John Temple has launched his report Time for Training, an independent review of the impact of the European Working Time Directive (EWTD) on the quality of training for doctors, dentists, pharmacists and healthcare scientists.

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Know your pulse

46,000 new cases of atrial fibrillation are diagnosed each year which cause around 12,500 strokes each year. Improving diagnosis and anticoagulation therapy would prevent 4,500 strokes each year and 3,000 deaths.

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New NHS Scotland 'knowledge bank' launched

An online database that will allow NHS staff to share information has been unveiled by Health Secretary Nicola Sturgeon.

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World Heart Rhythm Week: Eucomed joins Arrhythmia Alliance in raising awareness of heart rhythm disorders globally

Brussels, 8 June 2010 Eucomed, the Medical Technology Industry Association, supports the World Heart Rhythm Week, a global event bringing together individuals and organisations to raise awareness about the impact of arrhythmias.

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C.diff inquiry told of 'poor hygiene' at Vale of Leven

A public inquiry into Scotland's worst outbreak of Clostridium difficile (C.diff) has been told of poor hygiene standards at the hospital involved.

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Operations cancelled over state of surgical instruments

OPERATIONS have been cancelled at Wales’ largest hospital after concerns were expressed about the cleanliness of surgical instruments, health chiefs confirmed last night.

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Doctor shortage sees new recruitment drive in India

A shortage of junior doctors to start work in hospitals this August is forcing the NHS to try to recruit from India, the BBC has learned.

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WEEKLY INFECTIONS STATISTICS GIVES POWER TO PATIENTS

As part of the Governments radical agenda for setting government data free, patients and the public will be given more up-to-date information about their local hospital.

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The Operating Theatre Journal June 2010

This month's top stories:

Remote-control robot performs heart surgery

Coventry University student used fake Visa to cheat the NHS out of £12,000

Health First Europe welcomes Directive on prevention from sharps injuries

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PATIENTS AT RISK FROM OPERATING THEATRE BLUNDERS

Dozens of appalling medical errors, including leaving surgical equipment inside a patient's body, are dogging Scotland's hospitals.

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