Experience and opportunity are missing in UAE healthcare sector

The UAE needs to attract higher numbers of experienced medical staff and boost career opportunities as it looks to dramatically expand its services. That’s according to a survey undertaken by healthcare recruitment specialists Your World, at the recent Abu Dhabi Medical Congress event.

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82.4% of All Men Use Wrong-sized Condoms

Lets assume all English men walk around in wrong-sized shoes simply because there is only one standard size available. In that case people would rather walk barefoot, because a tight shoe is pain and no pleasure! Absurd?

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Consultants Required For Arterial Testing

Due to increased demand, Turn Back Time is looking for people that are already involved within the health industry and who are willing to be trained in a new therapy.

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Swab left in patient after phone distraction

Staff at Hutt Hospital left a swab inside a patient after they were distracted by a cellphone call during an operation.

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Doctor struck off after silencing alarms in intensive care ward

Doctor Christopher Burrows, who turned down the volume of intensive care patients’ monitoring alarms because they annoyed him, has been struck off.

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Thousands of frontline NHS staff take control of £900 million of services

Thousands of frontline NHS staff are taking control of the services they deliver in a drive to transform patient care and improve health outcomes, Secretary of State for Health Andrew Lansley announced today.

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Patients shun personal budget pilots

Plans to give patients control of their own health budgets have failed to get off the ground, with some primary care trusts failing to recruit any patients so far, Pulse can reveal.

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Permanent Theatre Nurses availability in an excellent acute Hospital in the Channel Islands

Exciting opportunities exists for enthusiastic Theatre Nurses on the beautiful island of Guernsey!

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SURGEONS AND POLICE TO WORK TOGETHER ON REDUCING KNIFE CRIME HARM

Surgeons and police officers are set to work together in a joint bid to reduce the 4, 600 hospital admissions in England each year due to knife assaults. A joint statement was announced at 1730 hrs Nov 15 at the first ever surgical/ policing conference on the topic and included a ground-breaking agreement between the professions to integrate health into crime and violence reduction.

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Operating Theatre Jobs dotcom given a new look.

The successful online jobs pages of Operating Theatre Jobs.com have been given a sharper, fresher look to further their appeal to Operating Department Practitioners (ODPs), Theatre and Anaesthetic Practitioners, Scrub Nurses and those in allied professions seeking out the latest vacancy.

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Hospital Checklists Reduce Surgical Complications, Deaths: Study

Hospitals that used checklists to prevent errors involving surgical patients dramatically reduced both complications and in-hospital deaths, a new study finds.

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Ecolab buys surgical products maker O.R. Solutions for $260 million

Ecolab Inc said Friday that it will purchase O.R Solutions Inc for $260 million in cash.

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NCEPOD emergency surgery for the elderly report echoes medics concerns but doesnt go far enough, say professional bodies

A new report finding failings in the treatment of elderly people with surgical emergencies such as hip fractures and abdominal problems makes a potent case for change in NHS hospitals, but recommendations will not be applied without commitment from the highest level in NHS Trusts. This is the view of a range of medical organisations including the Royal College of Surgeons [RCS], Royal College of Anaesthetists [RCoA], British Orthopaedic Association [BOA], Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland [ASGBI] and British Geriatrics Society [BGS].

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NHS worker claimed sickness benefit at hospital while working at another

An NHS worker who worked one hospital in the Black Country while receiving sickness benefit from another, has been cleared of a fiddle charge.

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Elderly NHS Surgical Patients Receive Poor Care, Finds Study

The National Confidential Enquiry, an independent review into patient outcome and death, has concluded that NHS hospitals must improve their care of elderly patients undergoing surgery. The experts on this review panel named pain management, nutrition and delays as key problems.

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Sale of Dr Foster intelligence

Dr Foster Intelligence, a provider of information, analysis and communications to health and social care organisations, will be marketed for sale, the Department of Health and Dr Foster Holdings LLP have announced today.

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Nursing Skills Improved Online

City University London develops new online teaching tool to demonstrate clinical skills

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UK Spending Cuts are Putting NHS Staff Under Pressure, Union Says

Public sector spending cuts in the UK are putting the NHS under severe pressure, a report by Unison has said.

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Quarter of PCTs sliding into debt with deficit of more than £300m

A quarter of PCTs in England are projecting they will slide into the red this financial year, with their combined deficit well over £300m, a Pulse investigation reveals.

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Alzheimer's can be predicted - new study reveals

The neurological decline that leads to Alzheimers disease may begin in middle-age and can be predicted with a simple to administer test.

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NHS LOCUM DOCTOR SPEND SPIRALS AS EU REGULATIONS BITE

The cost of hiring locum or temporary doctors to prop up NHS hospitals in England has rocketed to more than £ ¾ billion a year since the introduction of EU regulations to reduce doctors hours, the Royal College of Surgeons has learned.

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Operating Department Practitioner jailed 15 months for NHS fraud

A locum who defrauded a Newcastle hospital of over £23,000 by double charging it for his work has received a 15 month prison sentence, after being investigated by the NHS Counter Fraud Service (Newcastle Crown Court, Friday 5th November).

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Midland hospitals shamed for sub-standard surgical equipment

A host of Midland hospitals have been named and shamed for using outdated dangerous surgical equipment.

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PeriOperative Nurses Week November 8-14 2010 (USA)

PeriOperative Nurses are being celebrated for their role and commitment to safe patient care during the annual PeriOperative Nurses Week, Nov. 8-14. The Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) supports operating room nurses in hospitals and outpatient surgery centers. The PeriOperative nurses at Frankfort Regional Medical Center would like to take this opportunity to educate the community we care for about what it is that we do.

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U.K. Ideas to Shorten Surgical Wait Times

A group of health sector partners is going to the United Kingdom to learn first hand about a series of initiatives that have helped the UK dramatically reduce surgical wait times.

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Mixed report on surgical tools' safety

KEYHOLE surgery at Sheffield's Children's Hospital is being carried out with the best standard of equipment available, although tools used in operations at two of the city's adult hospitals were found to be out-of-date and potentially dangerous.

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Scottish Hospital Asked to Ensure Cleanliness

Health inspectors have asked NHS Grampian to make improvements to ensure cleanliness at the Royal Aberdeen Children's Hospital, Scotland, UK.

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Experts Agree New Mortality Indicator for the NHS

Changing the approach to calculating NHS mortality rates will lead to greater clarity

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Patients put at risk with old surgical equipment

Concerns have been raised about out-of-date equipment being used on patients having keyhole surgery at Scottish hospitals.

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Hospital worker who abused laughing gas has suspension overturned

A HOSPITAL worker found unconscious following a two-day binge on nitrous oxide has been cleared to return to work for the NHS.

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Health and safety body warns of increased presenteeism during time of austerity

Bosses must beware of the signs of presenteeism among workers as austerity measures begin to bite across the public and private sectors - a leading health and safety organisation has warned.

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The Operating Theatre Journal November 2010 Issue Available online.

This month's top stories:

Perioperative professional bodys new president relishes challenges ahead

Medical Robots Fighting The War Against Deafness

Nurses will be encouraged to blow the whistle on inadequate care of patients

Get these stories & more either as downloadable PDF or online magazine from OTJOnline
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Operating theatre closes without seeing a patient

An operating theatre at a £12.3 million local hospital which opened five years ago is to be scrapped without having treated a single patient.

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Man wins £3.85m in damages for surgical blunder

EXETER solicitors have helped a 19-year-old man win a compensation settlement totalling more than £3.85million after negligent heart surgery left him with severe brain damage, epilepsy, severe behavioural problems and autistic traits.

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Medtronic Octopus Nuvo Recall: Surgical Device May Fracture

A recall has been issued by Medtronic, Inc. for their Octopus Nuvo Tissue Stabilizers, after two reported incidents where the medical devices fractured during heart surgery and dropped debris into the patient’s body.

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Consistent, equitable on-call for NHS workers to be developed by using new national principles

The NHS Staff Council today published national principles that will underpin local negotiations on new on-call arrangements. These were developed in partnership by employers and the health trade unions and will make on-call pay and arrangements more consistent, equitable and adaptable to local needs. The twelve principles include equal pay, travel to work and frequency of travel.

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Theatre / Scrub Nurses

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We are looking for skilled and enthusiastic theatre nurses who would like to work in our state of the art facilities in the centre of our biggest and busiest city. You will have recent theatre/scrub nursing experience and the ability to interact with members of a multidisciplinary theatre team. We will provide education and support to help with your transition into this exciting position. We have full time and part time positions working rostered hours, Monday to Sunday with some on call.

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PACU / Recovery Nurses

Post Anaesthetic Care Unit, Operating Theatres

We are looking for skilled and enthusiastic recovery nurses who would like to work in our state of the art facilities in the centre of our biggest and busiest city. You will have recent recovery or ICU/ HDU nursing experience and the ability to interact with members of a multidisciplinary theatre team. We will provide education and support to help with your transition into this exciting position. We have full time and part time positions working rostered hours, Monday to Sunday with some on call.

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The Resuscitation Guidelines 2010

The Resuscitation Guide-lines 2010 are now published only in electronic format on Resuscitation Council (UK) website.

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Miniature livers 'grown in lab'

Scientists have managed to produce a small-scale version of a human liver in the laboratory using stem cells.

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HPC launches consultation on proposals for post-registration qualifications

The Health Professions Council (HPC) has today launched a consultation on the criteria that it uses to decide whether to annotate a post-registration qualification on its Register. The consultation also seeks views on whether or not the HPC should consider annotating qualifications in neuropsychology and podiatric surgery.

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Are Agency Workers on borrowed time?

I'm an agency worker and I feel like an easy target for cuts

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