Extended NHS Charging for Visitors and Migrants

Visitors and migrants who wish to use NHS services will have to pay, the Government announced today as part of its clampdown on abuse of the NHS.

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Doctors Fear for Future of NHS Sexual Health Clinics under Tendering Regime

Contracting-out threatens quality of service, say specialists

Sexual health services are in danger because they are being fought over in a contractual free-for-all between the NHS and private companies, senior doctors are warning.

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Twas the night before Christmas …

This year we have gone with a christmas poem theme to present facts and figures about NHS hospitals, with all the figures below relating to admissions recorded in England in 2012-13.

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Medical Device Alert: GemStar docking station for use with specific GemStar infusion pumps manufactured by Hospira (MDA/2013/085)

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Medical Sales Account Manager for Airway Management Products

Sell KARL STORZ airway management and medical imaging equipment across Scotland

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Anaesthetic Techs/ODPs

in New Zealand through MidCentral District Health Board

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US Health Watchdog Cracks Down on Antibacterial Soaps

The US health regulator has warned that antibacterial chemicals in soaps and body washes may pose health risks.

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Obesity Triggers a 'tidal wave' of Cirrhosis Cases

There has been a fivefold increase in liver disease for those aged between 35 and 55 over the past decade

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New Classification System to Improve Scheduling of Emergency Surgery Highlighted in Special BJS (British Journal of Surgery) Issue

Researchers in Finland have implemented a classification system for emergency operations that allows for a fair and efficient way to manage a large volume of such surgery. The system is described in a special issue of the BJS (British Journal of Surgery) that focuses on emergency surgery. Other studies in the issue focus on topics ranging from advances in the use of surgery performed through natural orifices to the global burden of conditions requiring emergency surgery.

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Weekend Hospital Care: 'Seven-day week' for Senior Doctors

Hospitals in England will have to ensure senior doctors and key diagnostic tests are available seven days a week under new plans.

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Medical Device Alert: TransRadial Artery Access Kit Manufactured by Arrow International (MDA/2013/083)

Arrow International are recalling certain models and lot numbers of their TransRadial artery access kits because the introducer needles packaged within the kits can be partially or fully occluded.

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Are We Being Fair to the NHS?

Negative headlines about the NHS abound at the moment.

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NHS Staff Blunders Harm 25 Patients a Month, Figures Show

'Never events' including wrong patient receiving surgery happened 148 times in England between April and September

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Intravenous Fluid Therapy in Adults in Hospital

This clinical guideline offers evidence-based advice on intravenous (IV) fluid therapy for adults in hospital.

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Medicines Regulatory News

A new liability offence will come into effect in the summer of 2014. The principle target for this offence is dangerous drivers who are impaired after recreational use of drugs, ie used illegally or abused.

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Operating Theatre Practitioner ODP, Scrub Nurse or Advanced Scrub Practitioners

Successful candidate will be joining a state-of-the-art, surgical day case facilities specialising in providing high quality procedures, medical treatment and some outpatient consultations.

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Operating Department Practitioner - Recovery - Brentwood

We are interested in hearing from registered ODPs with relevant post-registration experience to ensure that high quality, evidence-based and safe patient care is delivered at all times.

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Operating Theatre Practitioner – Anaesthetic, Recovery & Scrub - Haywards Heath

We are interested in hearing from registered Operating Theatre Practitioners with relevant post-registration experience as well as ODPs, with proven anaesthetics and recovery skills, ensuring that high quality, evidence-based and safe patient care is delivered at all times. We can offer you a varied surgical caseload that will help you develop your capabilities and experience and you’ll enjoy the real respect, rapport and effective working of a close-knit, highly skilled, multidisciplinary team.

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Operating Theatre Practitioner Scrub Nurse - Southampton

The successful candidate will be joining a state-of-the-art, surgical day case facility specialising in providing high quality procedures, medical treatment and outpatient consultations.

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Operating Theatre Scrub Nurse in Edinburgh

The successful candidate will be joining a hospital renowned for its clinical excellence. This is a great opportunity for an experienced and motivated RGN/ ODP to join a hospital with a fantastic team atmosphere, working environment and outstanding facilities to contribute to the excellent patient experience which the hospital provides.

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Views on Public Health Survey Sought

Views are sought from public health and medical professionals on the long-running Health Survey for England.

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Hospital's A&E Warning

Medics are warning patients to avoid going to Morriston Hospital’s A&E department unless it's an emergency.

It's as doctors struggle to cope with a large number of sick patients.

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Operating Department Practitioner (ODP) or Anaesthetic Nurse at St Joseph's Hospital

Working closely with senior staff and multi-disciplinary team members, you will monitor and maintain excellent standards of clinical practice and staff development as part of the operating theatre team.

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Operating Theatre Manager in Plymouth

This particular hospital provides state of the art purpose built facility with particular emphasis on Orthopaedics & joints along with a brand new provision specialising in Ophthalmology.

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Deputy Operating Theatre Manager

Registered with a relevant governing body, your specialist training should include a nursing/practitioner qualification and/or postgraduate short courses, in addition to impressive working experience at a senior level in a clinical setting. Ideally, your wide ranging skills also comprise teaching and assessment, as well as ILS/ALS.

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Clinical/Theatre Specialist ~ North West UK

To support the Sales Team in a designated region or identified hospitals through in-theatre support

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Account Manager Point of Care

In return for your skills and experience you can expect a highly competitive basic salary, substantial bonus and comprehensive benefits as well as the chance to be a part of this highly ranked organisation

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Account Manager Surgical Products East Midlands

With a minimum of two years hospital sales experience you will have a successful track record of selling products to consultants and nurses, ideally with experience of working within an operating theatre and an understanding of surgical procedures and sterile techniques although candidates with a strong secondary care sales pedigree will also be considered.

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People with Severe Allergies Advised to Check their Injector Pens after Recall of Jext Adrenalin Injectors

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) is asking people who suffer severe allergic reactions and use a Jext adrenalin injector to check the batch numbers after a fault was discovered by the manufacturer.

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Medical Device Alert: Intravenous Pump Set Manufactured by Hospira (MDA/2013/081R)

This Medical Device Alert has been issued as there is a risk of embolism and allergic reaction when using intravenous pump set manufactured by Hospira.

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FDA Says Philips Defibrillator May Not Work

A faulty electronic component in some Philips HeartStart automated external defibrillators may prevent the device from delivering a needed shock to a person suffering a cardiac emergency, the FDA recently warned.

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Leading in Patient Safety

The NHS in Scotland is sharing learning about patient safety with one of the safest hospitals in the world.

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Key NHS Operations 'being rationed'

The NHS in England appears to be rationing access to vital non-emergency hospital care, a review suggests.

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Medical Devices Health Regulator Issues Warning to Diabetics about Faulty Blood Glucose Test Strips

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) today asked people with diabetes to check if they have certain lot numbers of a specific type of blood glucose test strip, because a manufacturing fault in some of the strips may mean that people could receive inappropriate treatment.

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Account Manager ~ Infection Prevention / Surgical Sales in South East

This Global company promotes an innovative and unique product range which has fast become the gold standard for skin antisepsis prior to invasive surgical procedures such as central line insertion, blood cultures, and major surgical procedures. With its products used in more than 100 countries around the world, it enjoys number one status in many fields and has been the recipient of numerous prestigious awards.

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Perioperative Practitioner Spire Parkway Hospital, Solihull bank

Spire Parkway Hospital offers comprehensive private hospital care to patients from Solihull, Birmingham, Warwickshire and the West Midlands.

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Perioperative Practitioner Spire Methley Park Hospital full time

We are looking for qualified ODPs or Operating Theatre Nurses with at least 2 years' experience

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Robotic Arms Used to Perform Surgery may Seize Up and Stop Working Mid-operation, Manufacturers Warn

Intuitive Surgical, California, makes the $1.5million robotic surgery system
 It has put out an 'urgent medical device recall' for the robotic arms of its da Vinci Surgical System that could affect 1,386 robotic arms in use globally
 The device is used to treat cancer and has been credited with reducing the side-effects of surgery, but has also be linked to injuries and deaths

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Patient Was Accidentally Tipped Off the Operating Table onto the FLOOR During Surgery in 'never event' at Major Hospital

A patient slid off an operating table and fell onto the floor during surgery at a major hospital.
 Ten medics and nurses were gathered around the anaesthetised patient who was undergoing an undisclosed procedure at the Western General Hospital in Edinburgh.
 But nobody failed to stop the patient slipping to the floor as the surgeon tilted the operating table to get better access.

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Therapeutic Hypothermia Following Cardiac Arrest: Recent Studies on Targeted Temperature Management

ERC Statement on targeted temperature management

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NHS to Launch Tripadvisor-style Website

Following a three month trial involving 20 hospital trusts, the scheme is to be rolled out nationally next year

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ODP/ Nurse Advisor / Clinical Trainer ~ Infection Prevention

A dedicated clinical liaison professional to provide expert teaching and education on infection prevention products in hospitals across West London, Oxford, Gloucester and up to the South West Midlands.

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Scrub Practitioner in Tunbridge Wells

You will form part of an already established, professional, friendly operating theatre team,  providing  high quality of perioperative care for patients undergoing in-patient & day case surgery.

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Operating Department Practitioner in Horley

We are seeking to recruit bank Perioperative Practioners to join our busy department. The successful candidates will form part of an already established team, and will be expected to provide and maintain a high quality service.  We can offer support from a strong management team, the opportunity to work along side expert clinicians, access to professional and personal development and experience within a dynamic working environment.

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World Aids Day 2013

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Operating Theatre Manager in Herefordshire

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Operating Theatre Nurses/ODPs ~ Anaesthetics & Recovery in Exeter

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Operating Theatre Nurses/ODPs ~ Scrub/Anaesthetics & Recovery in Guildford

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Operating Theatre Nurses/ODPs ~ Scrub/Anaesthetics & Recovery in Oxford

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Operating Theatre Nurses/ODPs ~ Scrub in Chichester

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Operating Theatre Manager and Operating Theatre Nurses/ODPs ~ Scrub in Bristol

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New Studies Will Tackle Problem of Elderly Needlessly Sent to A&E and Making Sure Research Reaches the Frontline

Just how the elderly can be prevented from needlessly being referred to A&E along with how the NHS can improve the transfer of research-based evidence to the frontline is to be examined by academics from Warwick Business School.

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Putting Dementia on the Map and Driving Up Standards of Care

For the first time, members of the public will be able to see the quality of dementia care and support in their local area thanks to a new interactive online map, launched today by Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt.

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Perioperative Practitioner Spire Clare Park Hospital, Farnham bank

To provide exemplary planned care for patients within the perioperative and assist in the management and organisation of care provision in the operating theatre.

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Operating Department Practitioner Spire Manchester Hospital bank

Experience in Anaesthetics and Recovery or scrub skills to cover a variety of surgical specialities including Bariatrics, Spinal, Orthopaedics, Cosmetics etc.

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Cough and Cold Medicines Recalled by Boots UK

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) today published a company led drug recall for specific cough and cold medicines made by Boots UK and purchased since September 2013 following a precautionary recall by the pharmacy-led retailer asking patients to check their medicines.

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Put your Android device to work on World Community Grid!

World Community Grid launches an Android application, allowing volunteers to donate their mobile devices’ spare computing time to accelerate critical humanitarian research, starting with the FightAIDS@Home project.

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Operating Theatre Manager in Chester

Closing date : 10/12/2013

As Operating Theatre manager you will be provided with the opportunity to work alongside some of the best medical talent in the area on a varied surgical caseload, covering all specialities.

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Perioperative Practitioner - Anaesthetic and/or Recovery Spire Tunbridge Wells Hospital Bank

You will form part of an already established, professional, friendly operating theatre team providing a high quality of perioperative care for patients undergoing in-patient & day case surgery.

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Perioperative Practitioner/RGN/ODP Spire Yale Hospital, Wrexham full time or part time

To provide planned care for patients within the Preoperative field.  To have competencies in scrubs skills, orthopedics is an advantage but not essential. You will form part of an already established team, and will provide and maintain a high quality service, providing exemplary planned care for patients within in the preoperative environment and assist in the day to day organisation of care provision in the operating theatre.

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Two more Patients Infected with Hepatitis C, Health Board Confirms

Two more patients have contracted the hepatitis C virus after being in contact with a healthcare worker, said a health board.

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HIV Infections Up by 8% across Europe

According to new data issued today by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and the WHO Regional Office for Europe, more than 131 000 new HIV infections were reported in the WHO European Region in 2012:[1] 10,000 (8%) more than in 2011. This confirms a steady increase across the Region over that year: a 9% rise in countries in eastern Europe and central Asia (EECA) and a less than 1% rise in countries in the European Union and European Economic Area (EU/EEA).

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Two Thirds of Britons Freeze Out the Flu Jab

And is it any wonder when even their doctors aren't that keen?
 Shock findings come as new report warns of civic duty to get immunised

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Operating Theatre Nurses/ODPs - NHS Opportunities Devon

In partnership with The Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust Cpl Healthcare are currently seeking experienced Operating Theatre Nurses and Operating Department Practitioners for permanent fulltime positions in our prestigious client's Exeter site which is located in the beautiful Devonshire county in the South West of England.

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Perioperative Practitioners Spire Liverpool Hospital full time

We currently have vacancies for Orthopaedic Scrub and Recovery and Anaesthetics.

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Recovery Staff Nurse/ODP Spire Clare Park Hospital, Farnham Bank

To work effectively as a member of the Recovery team, to provide the highest possible standards of nursing care and clinical expertise within the Recovery.

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Bank Operating Department Practitioner

Closing date : 05/12/2013

Nuffield Health Grosvenor Hospital is built in a pleasant wooded location with 36 en-suite bedrooms, two hi-tech operating theatres, minor ops unit and an on-site imaging service. We've been Chester's leading private hospital for over 30 years and are proud to deliver a comprehensive range of services and treatments using state-of-the-art equipment

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Anaesthetics Practitioner - Spire Edinburgh Hospital full time

At Spire Edinburgh Hospitals an opportunity has arisen for an experienced Anaesthetics Practitioner to join their friendly operating theatre team. Our team agrees that Spire's top priority is delivering the highest quality patient care, so you can be sure that when you join us you'll work within a team that put patients' interests at the heart of everything they do.

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Operating Theatre Practitioner Spire Leeds Hospital part time

Suitable applicants would be experienced registered nurses or ODPs currently working as scrub practitioners. They will be able to  demonstrate competency across a wide range of perioperative skills involving a number of different specialities. They will be able to provide evidence of post registration continual professional development ideally this should include completion of the NAASP Advanced Scrub Practitioner Programme or equivalent.

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New Era for Patients and NHS as Government Accepts Recommendations of Mid Staffordshire Inquiry

More openness, greater accountability and a relentless focus on safety will be the cornerstones of an NHS which puts compassion at its heart, Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt announced today. The plans, set out in the Governments response to the Inquiry into the failings at Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust, build on the cultural change already taking place in the wake of the hospital scandal.

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Cebr Report for British Heart Foundation Highlights Scale of Ill Health in the UK

More than a quarter of the UK's workforce (27%) -  a staggering eight million people - have had a health problem that's lasted more than a year, according to the new Health at Work Index created for the British Heart Foundation (BHF) by Cebr.

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South Central Ambulance Service App to Locate Defibrillators

An ambulance trust has launched a mobile phone application which can locate portable defibrillators.

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HCPC Successfully Prosecutes Misuse of Chiropodist Title

The Health and Care Professions Council has successfully prosecuted Mark Russell for using the title chiropodist without being on the HCPC Register.

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Nursing Profession United over Safe Staffing Message

The Safe Staffing Alliance, a group of nurse leaders brought together by Nursing Standard, has issued the following statement in advance of the government's response to the Francis Inquiry into care failings.

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Hospitals in England Told to Publish Staffing Levels

Hospitals in England are to be made to publish monthly details of whether they have enough nurses on their wards.

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UK Government Criticised For Failing To Take Action On Global Health Crisis

The UK government failed to commit to addressing the critical global shortage of health workers, despite over 50 other governments making commitments at the Third Global Forum on Human Resources for Health, a meeting to address the crisis organised by the World Health Organization.

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Hospital Operating Theatre Closes for Repairs

ORTHOPAEDIC patients awaiting operations have been hit by cancellations again, this time as one of the hospital’s theatres has had to close.

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Specialty Registrar in Anaesthesia in Lincolnshire

You need at least 4 years of experience in Anaesthesia and you can earn between £36,807 and £68,638 per year.
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Operating Theatre Practitioners in Derbyshire

An excellent communicator and team worker, you must be flexible, motivated and committed to the highest standards of patient care.

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Heroic Operating Theatre Practitioners in Oxfordshire

We need exceptional individuals to join Team Oxford in cardiothoracic, women’s services, orthopaedic, cancer, or general surgery.

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Operating Theatre Staff Nurse / ODP in Bournemouth

Right now, we’re looking for an ODP/Operating Theatre Staff Nurse to join the team in Bournemouth.

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Operating Theatre Practitioners ~ Band 5 in Peterborough

We want you to be part of our vision of achieving the highest performing theatre complex for our staff and our patients alike.

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Patient Temperature Management Product Specialist

We are looking for a Patient Temperature Management Product Specialist to join our Patient Temperature Management Team.

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Paediatric Sister ~ Day Surgery in London

Reed Nurse are currently seeking a Paediatric Sister for a day small day case ward based at a Private Hospital in South East London. Hours are 9-5 Mon-Friday.

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Operating Department Practitioners in New Zealand

This is your chance to work at one of New Zealand's premier private surgical hospitals.

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Opthalmic Clinical Team Leader / Scrub/Diagnostic Nurses / Health Care Technicians in North West

Our client requires motivated & focused individuals to join their exciting & expanding organisation.

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Operating Department Practioner in Cardiff

Vale Healthcare is part of the Nuffield Health Group. We provide high quality private healthcare for South Wales and we are looking for operating department practioners with two years experience to join us at the Vale Hospital in Cardiff.

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Nurses/ODPs ~ Anaesthetics, Scrub and Recovery

Join us and you will benefit from a structured day and developing your career within the business. We also encourage our nurses to concentrate on the other important things in life.

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Operating Theatre Registered Nurses in Australia

All Specialty areas:
Scrub Nurses
Scouts
Anaesthetics
Recovery
Critical Care
Nurses with da Vinci system experience

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Operating Theatre Practitioners in Scotland

We urgently require Operating Theatre Practitioners for a variety of assignments from a few hours’ work to on-going long term assignments throughout Scotland; we also have fantastic opportunities in the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man.

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Orthopaedic Scrub Nurse (Band 5/6 Scrub) ~ Operating Theatre Nurse in Hertfordshire

You will work alongside surgeons and provide equipment such as needles, swabs and any other materials that may be required.

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Scrub Nurse (Band 5/6 Scrub) ~ Operating Theatre Nurse in Hertfordshire

This opportunity is ideally for a scrub nurse who is immediately available and is expected to last for a minimum of 6 months.

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Scrub Nurse (Band 5/6 Scrub) – Operating Theatre Nurse in London

To be considered for this opportunity, applicants must have worked with plastic surgery. This contract pays at a very appealing rate (£22 – £37 per hour) and is expected to last for a minimum of 6 months.

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Operating Department Practitioner (Band 5/6 ODP) ~ Operating Theatre Nurse in West Midlands

You will work with a team of surgeons, anaesthetists and operating theatre nurses and will be responsible to ensure every operation is as safe and effective as possible.

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Doctors and nurses may face jail for neglect

Doctors and nurses found guilty of "wilful neglect" of patients could face jail, the government is proposing.

Doctors and nurses may face jail for neglect

Operating Department Practitioner (Band 5/6 ODP) ~ Operating Theatre Nurse in Essex

You will work with a team of surgeons, anaesthetists and operating theatre nurses and will be responsible to ensure every operation is as safe and effective as possible.

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Operating Theatre Practitioners in Norfolk

We are seeking to appoint motivated individuals to join our team who are seeking a varied and challenging role.

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Operating Theatre Manager in Herefordshire

We are looking for an Operating Theatre Manager to effectively lead and support our dedicated operating theatre team through evidence based leadership practice.

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Scrub Practitioners in Somerset

The four operating theatres & Endoscopy suite are fitted with the latest digital technology & our Client provides a wide range of daycare & in-patient procedures.

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Operating Theatre Practitioners ~ Band 5 and Band 6 in Buckinghamshire

RGN and ODPs who have current UK Operating Theatre experience are welcome to apply for these positions.

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Operating Theatre Staff in Newcastle

We are interested in hearing from registered Operating Theatre Nurses / ODP with relevant post-registration experience to ensure that high quality, evidence-based and safe patient care is delivered at all times.

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Operating Theatre Practitioners - Scrub / Anaesthetics / Recovery North Staffordshire

You'll play a full part in our multidisciplinary operating theatre team, ensuring high quality, evidence-based and safe patient care is delivered.

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Operating Theatre Practitioner Scrub (RGN/ODP) in Cheltenham

We are interested in hearing from registered Operating Theatre Practitioners with post-registration experience and proven scrub skills especially in orthopaedics.

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Nurses/ODPs ~ Anaesthetics, Scrub and Recovery

At Care UK, we see our Operating Theatre teams as an invaluable part of the service we provide. They pride themselves on providing excellent patient care and are very much at the heart of the treatment centres.

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Fury at Border Agency Over Case of the Australian NHS Therapist Given just a Few Days to Leave Britain

An Australian woman facing deportation after spending nine years in Britain working with vulnerable children for the NHS has become an online pin-up for the shambolic state of the UK Border Agency (UKBA) after sharing her experiences online.

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Depression Makes Us Biologically Age 'by several years' Say Scientists

Depression can cause us to biologically age by increasing the ageing process in cells, according to the results of a new study conducted by scientists.

Dr Josine Verhoeven said the cells of people who were severely depressed or who had suffered severe depression appeared biologically older than people who had not experienced depression.

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Tragedy of Blind Great-grandmother Ignored for 12 hours on Ward: Hospital records destroyed inquest told

A blind great-grandmother died in a failing hospital after no one checked on her for 12 hours.

Barbara White, 77, was admitted with stomach pains and dizziness and when a nurse finally saw her she was seriously ill with a bowel infection.

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Only 16 per cent of Patients Have Access to Electronic Medical Records – Report

Only 16 per cent of patients currently have access to their electronic records in the UK, a survey by consulting and IT services firm Accenture has found.

Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has given all medical practices a 2015 deadline for providing online access to their records, but statistics from the survey show there is still a long way to go.

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New Website Helps Public See how Local Social Services are Performing

A new website which will help people examine how their local social services department is performing is available for use.

Developed jointly by the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) and the Department of Health, the website allows users to see how local councils score against criteria set for social service delivery by the Department of Health in its Adult Social Care Outcomes Framework (ASCOF).

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Headspace Helps to put a Happy Face on the Children who Look Different

Art meets science in Liverpool as a top craniofacial surgeon enlists the help of the public to find a 'normal' head shape.
Christian Duncan is a man with a thousand faces. And he needs every one of them to assist him in his delicate, invariably life-changing work.
As a surgeon with the responsibility of redrawing the disfigured faces and reshaping the misshapen heads of children, he needs all the guidance he can muster. So in 2011 he came up with the idea of enlisting the public to help him in his work in the craniofacial unit at Alder Hey in Liverpool, one of Europe's biggest children's hospitals.

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NHS Plan to Concentrate Specialist A&E Expertise in Fewer Hospitals

Sir Bruce Keogh says 40% of patients who go to A&E leave without treatment and outlines plan to run two-tier emergency system

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Medical Device Alert: Intravenous administration sets: Primary PlumSet Clave secondary port

Manufactured by Hospira.
 Specific list numbers are affected.

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Overnight Paediatric Closure Leads to Concern about A&E, SCBU and Maternity

RENEWED fears are escalating that there are plans to further downgrade Withybush Hospital – which would have a serious impact on children’s care and the Accident and Emergency service.

Concerned staff have contacted the Western Telegraph to say they understand that overnight paediatric services at the hospital are being axed.

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Meaty Diets Linked to Diabetes, Study Shows

A meat-based diet containing too much acid increases diabetes risk, research has shown.

Scientists who studied a group of 66,485 women found that those with the most acidic diets were more likely to develop type 2 diabetes.

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Number of NHS 'Super Managers' Earning up to £240,000 Soars Amid Pay Freeze Fear

Figures undermine David Cameron's claims that health service bureaucracy is being cut.

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Nursing Cuts Putting NHS Patients at Risk, Says New Study

Royal College of Nursing claims that as many as one in six nursing posts at some NHS hospitals are lying vacant

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Union Claims Nursing Hit by 'hidden workforce crisis'

NHS trusts trying to recruit more nurses in the wake of the Mid Staffs scandal may struggle, a nursing union is warning.


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NHS Thousands Of Midwives Short – National Audit Office Maternity Report Confirms

A report has been published today (Friday, 8th November 2013) by the National Audit Office (NAO) on maternity services in England.

Commenting on the report Cathy Warwick, chief executive of the Royal College of Midwives, said: “This is a very important report which backs up and vindicates what we have been saying for a very long time.

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Mid-Bedfordshire MP Nadine Dorries Secures Commons Debate O Group B Streptococcus – The Life Threatening Infection Affecting New Babies

Nadine Dorries, the Conservative MP for Mid-Bedfordshire, held a debate in Parliament on Thursday 7th November 2013 on Group B Streptococcus (group B Strep/GBS).

Group B Strep is the UK’s most common cause of life-threatening infection in newborn babies and approximately one newborn baby a day in the UK suffers from GBS infection, the leading cause of sepsis and meningitis in newborns.  One in ten of these sick babies will die and a further one in twenty of the survivors will suffer long-term physical or mental disabilities.

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Scrub Nurse / ODP in Edinburgh

We are looking for a full-time Scrub Nurse or ODP to provide and maintain a high quality of service. You will need to have strong general surgery experience as you will be covering all specialities apart from cardiac and obstetrics. You must be able to work in teams with minimum supervision.

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Patterns of Drug Use Changing, but Risks Remain

A new report published today by Public Health England, Shooting Up – infections among people who inject drugs in the United Kingdom 2012, found patterns of injecting drug use are changing, but infection risk for all drug users remains high.

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Maternity Care Crisis: Health Service Spends One Fifth of its Budget on Insurance Against Negligence Claims

The Government was accused of putting babies and mothers at risk after an inquiry by public spending watchdogs found that maternity units in England are overstretched and have a patchy performance.

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Neurosurgeon Uses Daughter's Head to Create Surgery Simulator

A new neurosurgical simulator designed to teach basic surgical techniques has been launched this month (November). Known as Rowena, the design of the two part plastic simulator was named after and modelled on the head of the inventor's own daughter.

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New Ligament Discovered in Knee, Belgian Surgeons Say

The anterolateral ligament (ALL) may hold the key to common knee injuries, researchers say

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The Operating Theatre Journal November 2013

This month's top stories:

 New Report Supports Keogh Expert Group Findings on PIP Breast Implants

 MAPCs Bring Lasting Improvements after Brain Injury, Pre-clinical Study Finds

 Infusion Pump Medication Errors in ECRI Top Ten Health Technology Hazards

 Swansea Heart Surgeon Wins Award for 95p Invention

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Scrub Nurse / ODP in Cambridgeshire

We are looking for a full-time / part-time Scrub Nurse or ODP to provide and maintain a high quality of service. You will need to have strong general surgery, ENT and Orthopaedic experience. You must be able to work in teams with minimum supervision. Working hours: Full-time (37.5hrs per week) but we will also welcome applications for candidates seeking part-time hours.

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Scrub Nurse in Nottinghamshire

We are currently looking for a experienced and newly qualified Operating Theatre Scrub Nurse to work in a busy day case theatre in Nottinghamshire.

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Scrub / Endoscopy Nurse in Buckinghamshire

We are recruiting for a Scrub/Endoscopy Nurse to work in the Buckinghamshire area. You should be an enthusiastic scrub nurse happy to work across two operating theatres, including the Endoscopy suite.

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Recovery Practitioner in Hampshire

We are recruiting for an experienced Recovery Practitioner to work for a leading treatment centre. They deal with a huge range of procedures including; hip and knee replacements, hernia repairs, gall bladder surgery, gynaecological problems and cataracts etc.

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Medical Device Alert

Receptal suction canisters and liners manufactured by Hospira (formerly manufactured by Abbott) (MDA/2013/077)

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CQC Monthly Update - October 2013

The monthly update for everyone interested in health and social care

 

This month's headlines:

Inspecting more NHS Trusts

Our plans for social care services

Professor Sir Mike Richards answers tweets

It's all about the feeling...

Get email alerts when we inspect

Reporting under our new model

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Changes to Healthcare Services in North West London

Following advice from the Independent Reconfiguration Panel (IRP), Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt today announced that changes to healthcare services in North West London should proceed to ensure safe and sustainable healthcare for local patients.

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Recall of Migraine Injection Needles

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) today issued a drug alert to pharmacies, dispensing clinics and wholesalers asking them to return some stocks to their original supplier of an injection used to relieve acute migraines - Imigran Injection/Subject.

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Claim 20% off your Next Curos Order from Vygon (UK) Ltd

To celebrate the success of Curos Port Protectors, Vygon are offering 20% off all UK direct orders until 29/11/13

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People with Diabetes Asked to Check their Insulin Pens or Pen Cartridges because of Quality Concerns

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) have asked people with diabetes to check their insulin pens or pen cartridges at home after a manufacturing fault has resulted in a precautionary recall across Europe of 33 specific batches of insulin pens and cartridges.



The products affected by the European recall are the NovoMix 30 Flexpen 100U/ml pre-filled pen and the NovoMix 30 Penfill 100U/ml cartridge. The manufacturing problem concerns a fault in the filling of the cartridges, which resulted in some batches of pens and cartridges containing too much or too little insulin.

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HCPC Launches the Be Sure Campaign, Urging People to Check the Register

The Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) has launched its Be Sure campaign aimed at care and nursing home staff and residents as well as carers and older people.

 

Using a short film drama the campaign is designed to raise awareness of HCPC's role in regulating key health and care professionals. In particular, we want to help people understand the importance of checking that a professional is registered and explain how to raise a concern.
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NHS Needs Complaints Handling Revolution

An independent report out today chaired by Rt. Hon Ann Clwyd MP and Professor Tricia Hart calls for a revolution in the way in which the NHS handles complaints.

The report was commissioned by the Prime Minister and Secretary of State for Health, Jeremy Hunt, after the failings at Mid Staffordshire NHS Trust were highlighted by Robert Francis earlier this year. Robert Francis QC highlighted that complaints are a warning sign of problems in a hospital.

The review received 2,500 responses describing poor care and a lack of compassion and deep dissatisfaction with the way in which their complaints had been handled. The review panel also heard from people who had not complained because they felt the process was too confusing or they feared for their future care. Many were also concerned about the lack of independence in the current system.

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Senior Lecturer Peri-operative Practice

We are looking for two experienced and enthusiastic registered Healthcare Practitioners with experience of supporting and teaching Dip (HE) Operating Department Practice pre-qualifying students and post registration peri-operative practice students, to join a dynamic and highly skilled CPPD teaching team. The role includes working with the Course Leader to deliver the Dip (HE) Operating Department Practice course, support ODP students in practice, deliver the post registration peri-operative suite of modules (theatre, recovery and anaesthetic) and assist with the development of the BSc (Hons) Operative Department Practice programme.

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Recovery Nurse / ODP in Edinburgh

An opportunity has arisen for an experienced Recovery Nurse / ODP (newly qualified ODPs will be considered) to join an established Recovery team. It is a fantastic opportunity if you are caring, motivated and team orientated. You must also be able to display clinical competence in this area under minimal supervision.

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Recovery Nurse in Surrey

We are currently recruiting for an experienced Recovery Nurse to work for a private hospital group.

It is important that you have a second skill as well including; endoscopy, scrub or anaesthetics. The hospital is actively recruiting for experienced nurses to complement their robust and dynamic existing team. It is also essential that you have paediatric experience.

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Recovery Nurses in Oxfordshire

We are looking for experienced, highly motivated and flexible Recovery Nurses with orthopaedic experience to join an Operating Theatre team within a private hospital.

In addition to your strong clinical skills, you will the personality to work as part of a small dedicated team with proven ability to work effectively in a team environment and independently as required.

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Recovery and ITU Team Lead in London

This is a fantastic opportunity for an experience Recovery and ITU Senior Nurse / Team Leader to work for a leading private hospital in London.

You will be leading the Recovery and ITU areas within the hospital as well as being the lead in the operational management of these two areas. You will be acting as a mentor to junior staff and maintaining a high quality of standards throughout the operating theatres.

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Part Time PACU Nurse in Wiltshire

We are currently looking for a PACU nurse (post-anaesthesia care unit) to join an existing team within a successful Treatment Centre.

Your role will involve; Assessing, planning and implementing individual patient care, having regard for the differing needs of sedation, anaesthesia, endoscopy, surgery and recovery and participate as a member of the team, to demonstrate and develop clinical assessment skills. It is also important that you have the ability to prioritise the care for patients undergoing surgical/anaesthetic procedures,

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PACU Lead

We are currently looking for a PACU Lead (post-anaesthesia care unit) to join and lead an existing team within a successful Treatment Centre. You will be responsible for the management of the pre and post anaesthetic care unit (PACU), and to manage the PACU staff, maintaining a high standard of care at all times.

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Orthopaedic Operating Theatre Scrub Nurse / ODP

We are currently looking to recruit a skilled Orthopaedic Operating Theatre Scrub Nurse / ODP to join a busy operating theatre department within a private hospital.

The successful candidate will work in an already established team, and will be expected to provide and maintain a high quality service.

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ODP / OPERATING THEATRE NURSE East Cheshire £28k

We are currently looking to recruit a skilled Perioperative Practitioner with Scrub experience to join a busy department within a private hospital.

The successful candidate will work in an already established team, and will be expected to provide and maintain a high quality service. We can offer support from a strong management team, the opportunity to work along side expert clinicians, access to professional and personal development and experience within a dynamic working experience.

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ODP / Scrub Nurse Up to £27k depending on experience West Midlands Full Time or Part Time

This is a fantastic opportunity for an ODP or Scrub Nurse to work for a leading Clinic providing both surgical and non surgical procedures in the West Midlands area. Procedures include; eye surgery, plastics, face and breast surgeries, foot and ankle and weight loss surgeries etc.. The clinic has 1 very busy operating theatre where all surgical procedures will take place.

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ODP / Scrub Nurse in Surrey

An opportunity has become available for experienced ODP to join a small operating theatre team in a lead private hospital in Surrey. The Hospital has 2 operating theatres and covers a wide range of specialities including orthopaedics, gynae, general surgery etc.. It is essential you are an experienced ODP with experience in Scrub, Recovery and Anaesthetics as you will be covering all areas.

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ODP in Manchester

We are currently looking for ODPs with at least 2 of the 3 specialities including; Scrub, recovery and or anaesthetics.

You will be joining a small but very busy operating theatre department within a private hospital. The specialities they cover include; ENT, General Surgical, Gynaecology, Urology, Orthopaedics, plastics etc...

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A quarter of hospital trusts in England are at raised risk of providing poor care, a review by the regulator shows.

The findings are based on monitoring by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) of a host of data, including death rates, serious errors and patient surveys.

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ODP in Devon

We are looking for enthusiastic ODPs to join an existing friendly Operating Theatre Team in Devon. The experienced operating theatre team provides extraordinary standards of care and practice in a multi-speciality environment. It is essential that you are an experienced ODP with experience in orthopaedics, cosmetics and general surgery.

You should be able to demonstrate a professional accountable for the safety and quality of clinical practice, liaise with senior staff on issues related to patient care and patient and staff safety and maintain effective relationships with staff, consultants and patients.

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ODP Day Case Theatres in Nottinghamshire

We are currently looking for experienced and Newly Qualified ODPs to work in a busy day case theatre.

You will act in support of the senior staff, ensuring high standards of effective care are delivered to all patients within the Day Case Theatre suite, whilst maintaining communication within the team. You must have experience in theatre / anaesthetic practice and be prepared to take on greater responsibility within the theatre suite.

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ODP in Edinburgh

A fantastic opportunity for an experienced ODP has come up to work for a Private Hospital in Edinburgh.

Your main responsibilities will include; providing exemplary planned care for patients within the perioperative and assist in the management and organisation of care provision in the operating theatre.

You should have solid Anaesthetic, Recovery and Scrub experience with a broad surgical background as you will be covering a range of specialities.

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Newly Qualified Operating Theatre Scrub Nurses / ODPs in Somerset

We are currently looking for Newly Qualified Operating Theatre Scrub Nurses /ODPs to work within a busy and developing operating theatre department within a fantastic Leading Private Hospital.

You will ensure that high standards of effective care are delivered to all patients within the operating theatre suite, whilst maintaining strong communication within the team. The team believes that there should be no compromises when it comes to the care of their patients, which is why it is so important that the hospital recruits nurses /ODPs with the same values and passion for patient care.

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Lead Scrub Practitioner in Birmingham

We are currently looking for an experienced Registered Nurse or Operating Department Practitioner with solid scrub experience across a range of surgical specialities procedures including general surgery, gynaecology, ophthalmology, bariatric, spinal, urology and cosmetic surgery.

You will be passionate about patient care, high clinical standards and always looking for ways to improve.

You will be involved in training new and junior member of staff in a multiple of surgical specialities as well as being involved in continuing the development if the team.

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Lead Anaesthetic Practitioner in London

You will be involved in the day to day running of the operating theatre, acting as a mentor to Junior staff members, maintain a high quality of care throughout the operating theatre and act as a specialist anaesthetic practitioner.

You should have significant post registration experience within anaesthetics, experience within a wide range of specialities and must be prepared to assist the scrub and circulating staff during busy periods.

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Endoscopy Staff Nurses in Nottinghamshire

We are currently looking for experienced and newly qualified Endoscopy Nurses to work in a busy day case theatre in Nottinghamshire.

Your role will including supporting the senior staff members, ensuring high standards of effective care are delivered to all patients within the Endoscopy suite and clinic areas and will be required to maintain strong communication within the team.

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Endoscopy Sister in Kent

This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Endoscopy Sister to work for a Private Hospital group. The hospitals have an excellent reputation for providing outstanding medical and surgical facilities supported by Specialist Consultants, Specialist Nurses and Physiotherapists.

Your role will include being the point of contact for junior endoscopy staff members, so being reliable, responsible and supportive is essential. You will be required to work independently in the absence of the Unit Manager and manage any Endoscopy Operative issues in the absence of the Manager.

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Endoscopy Practitioners in Kent

We are looking for enthusiastic, experienced, highly motivated endoscopy staff that have a flexible approach to working. You will be required to be able to work in the department in the absence of the Unit Manager as a responsible team member and to lead an Endoscopy list. Work as a team member in the Endoscopy Unit offering a cost-effective, quality service to consultants and patients and be competent and experienced in all areas of diagnostic and therapeutic Endoscopic procedures.

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Emergency Next of Kin Card Celebrates 14th Anniversary

The Next of Kin Card is celebrating its fourteenth anniversary this year by reminding the British public that it can be a real lifesaver. Created by a UK entrepreneur, the unique card is already carried by more than three million people but, with 195,723 reported casualties on British roads in 2012 according to the latest statistics and millions more accidents and emergencies at home, the card could be the reason a friend or loved one gets a second chance at life.

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Hywel Dda Health Board plan to cancel some elective orthopaedic surgery

Hywel Dda Health Board plan to cancel some elective orthopaedic surgery

We are looking for experienced and qualified Endoscopy Nurses / ODPs to work for a leading private hospital in Surrey.

You will be providing exemplary planned care for patients requiring endoscopy procedures which could include colonoscopy, enteroscopy, ERCP, EUS, flexible sigmoidoscopy, gastroscopy flexible cystoscopy and hysteroscopy or PEG insertion. You will also be assisting in the management and organisation of the endoscopic procedures in the hospital.

The successful candidate will be a qualified registered general nurse or ODP with solid endoscopy experience. An endoscopy qualification would be desirable but not essential.

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Endoscopy Lead in Buckinghamshire

We are currently looking for an experienced Endoscopy Lead to work as part of a dedicated team to provide a high standard of individualised patient care as part of the Operating Theatre Department

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I am currently recruiting for an Anaesthetic Practitioner / ODP to work for a private hospital group.

We are looking for a full-time / part-time anaesthetics practitioner or ODP to provide and maintain a high quality of service. You will need to have strong general surgery experience.

A range of specialities will be an advantage. You must be able to work in teams with minimum supervision.

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Edinburgh - Anaesthetic Nurse / ODP

An opportunity has arisen for an experienced Anaesthetic Nurse / ODP (newly qualified ODPs will be considered) to join an established Anaesthetic team. It is a fantastic opportunity for a caring, motivated and team orientated Nurse / ODP. You must also be able to display clinical competence in this area under minimal supervision.

You will be working across two sites in a fast paced challenging environment with exposure to multiple surgical specialities so flexibility is essential.

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Anaesthetic / Recovery Nurse / ODP Lancashire £26k - £29k

We are looking for enthusiastic Anaesthetic & Recovery Practitioner to join an existing friendly Operating Theatre Team in Lancashire. The experienced operating theatre team provides extraordinary standards of care and practice in a multi-speciality environment.

It is essential that you are a qualified Nurse or ODP with experience within Anaesthetic and Recovery. You will be covering arrange of specialities including a large number of orthopaedic procedures so a broad based background is important. Newly qualified nurses or ODPs will be considered as long as you have solid placement experience within an operating theatre environment. Training will be provided.

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Operating Theatre Team Leader Anaesthetic & Recovery in Buckinghamshire

We are currently recruiting for an Anaesthetic & Recovery Operating Theatre Team Leader to join an existing busy operating theatre team within a private hospital in the Buckinghamshire area.

You should be an experienced perioperative practitioner with a Registered Nurse or ODP qualification with solid Anaesthetic & Recovery experience and a clear NMC / HPC registration. A perioperative mentorship course and or ALS qualification would be desirable but not essential.

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Advanced Scrub Practitioner in Somerset

We are currently looking for an Advanced Scrub Practitioner to join an experienced team in the Somerset area.

Your key responsibilities will include;
demonstrating advanced clinical skills and the ability to plan daily assignments with speciality team members;
prioritise care delivery, to recognise the importance of a Multidisciplinary team approach to patient care and co-ordinate care delivery acknowledging individual personal contributions along with acting as a resource person for others in the planning of care;
ensuring nursing practice is evidence based and support and develop new ways of working; demonstrate a working knowledge of standards of practice and relevant policy.

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Advanced Nurse Practitioner

Up to £50,000 depending on experience

Full Time or Part Time

Surrey

We are currently recruiting for an Advanced Nurse Practitioner to join an Out of Hours Service providing safe and effective telephone advice, health assessment and information to the general public. The Out of Hours Service is available from 6.30pm to 8.00am weekdays and 24 hours on weekends and bank holidays.

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Recovery Team Leader in Southampton

A treatment centre in Southampton that treats solely NHS patients for minor injuries and minor operations are looking for a Recovery Team Leader.

Reporting to the Pre and Post Op Manager; you will be working in the operating theatre department where a variety of minor surgery takes place including hip and knee replacements, hernia repairs, gall bladder surgery, gynaecological problems and cataracts.

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Scrub Practitioner (Orthopaedic) - West Sussex - Full Time - Permanent - £19,825 - £30,234

Our client; a hospital serving the local community and part of a network of leading healthcare providers, are looking for a Scrub Practitioner to join their team in West Sussex.

This role will involve scrubbing for a variety of procedures including, but not limited to, orthopaedics, gynaecology, general, plastics and ophthalmics.

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Operating Theatre Nurse in Portsmouth

I am currently looking for an approachable, enthusiastic and experienced Operating Theatre Nurse/ODP skilled in Anaesthetic, Scrub or Recovery to join a team in Portsmouth.

You will have experience in anaesthetic, scrub or recovery with recent practice within their main specialities of ENT, General Surgery, Oral Surgery, Urology, Orthopaedics, Gynaecology, Ophthalmology, Pain Management and Endoscopy.

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Scrub Practitioner

Medicor are pleased to invite applications for the position of Scrub Practitioner for our private healthcare client's hospital in central London.

Our client is looking for an enthusiastic, experienced and registered Operating Department Practitioner (ODP) or Registered General Nurse (RGN) with scrub experience to join their friendly operating theatre team. Their team provides extraordinary standard of care and practice in a multi-speciality environment.

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A Month Left to Get Ready for European Antibiotic Awareness Day

Antimicrobial resistance is a global problem and a major threat to the future of healthcare - national and international action is needed to improve treatment, education and monitoring.

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Medicines Watchdog Initiates Recall of Medicines Manufactured by Wockhardt Ltd

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) on 17th October asked pharmacies, dispensing clinics and wholesalers to return five different prescription-only medicines in a variety of strengths. This follows a precautionary recall made by the manufacturer, Wockhardt Ltd, who are asking retail outlets to return five over the counter medicines.

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Operating Theatre Practitioner ~ Anaesthetics and Recovery in Kent

Our client; part of a group of leading healthcare providers, are looking for an Operating Theatre Practitioner to join their Anaesthetic and Recovery team in Kent.

This role will involve providing anaesthetics assistance for a variety of procedures including, but no tlimited to, gynaecology, general, orthopaedics, ophthalmic and plastics. It will also involve assisting in post anaesthetic care.

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Recovery Practitioner in London

Our client is looking for an enthusiastic, experienced and registered Operating Department Practitioner (ODP) or Registered General Nurse (RGN) with recovery experience to join their friendly operating theatre team. Their team provides extraordinary standard of care and practice in a multi-speciality environment.

The role will be recovering patients from a variety of procedures, as well as supporting the operating theatre team. You will be responsible for ensuring the recovery bay is ready and well equipped to receive the patient from the operating theatre, monitoring the patient's vital signs and looking for any signs of discomfort or pain and taking action to include drug administration.

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Scrub Practitioner ~ Orthopaedics in Northamptonshire

Our client, a leading private health care provider, are currently looking for experienced Scrub practitioners to join their team. They undertake specialist procedures including orthopaedics, cosmetics and spinal surgery.

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Scrub Nurse - London - Full Time - Permanent - £29,588 - £33,510

Our Client, a prestigious Hospital for Women and Children, are looking for an experienced Scrub Nurse to join their team.

This role with involve scrubbing for a variety of procedures for women and children including gynaecology, endoscopy, obstetrics and paediatric surgery including complex paediatric procedures.

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Recovery Practitioner/ Nurse in London

We are currently looking for an experienced recovery practitioner to work for this well known hospital in central London.

Required:
- RGN or ODP qualified
- NMC or HCPC registered
- Recovery experience
- Paediatric experience

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Operating Theatre Practitioner - Surrey - Full Time - Permanent - £28,000 - £34,000

Our Client, a busy medium sized hospital is currently looking to expand its team in operating theatres with experienced Operating Theatre Practitioners to work across the recovery, scrub or anaesthetics roles.

This position will involve working across the operating theatres in either recovery, scrub or anaesthetics (dependant on your skill set).

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Senior Operating Department Practitioner

Our client, part of a group of leading healthcare providers, are currently looking for an experienced Operating Theatre Practitioner to work across anaesthetics, scrub and recovery.

Reporting to the Operating Theatre Manager; this post will involve rotating through anaesthetics, recovery and scrub as required as well as assisting senior members of staff in the running and management of the department; taking charge in their absence.

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Operating Theatre Recovery Nurse in Harrow

We are recruiting for an Operating Theatre Recovery Nurse to join a private Hospital based in Middlesex.

The purpose of the role is to provide quality planned care for patients during peri operative phase of care. You will also be expected to support and assist in the management of the organisation of care provision within the operating department.

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SCRUB NURSE / ODP - OXFORDSHIRE - £27,000 - £33,000

We are looking for a Staff Nurse/ODP who can demonstrate delivery of a high quality clinical patient care through assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care.

Key accountabilities of the role are providing skilled, consistent clinical care to all patient and support the Perioperative team

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Operating Theatre Practitioner - Full Time - Surrey

Medicor Global is pleased to announce we are recruiting for an Operating Theatre Practitioner to join a private hospital group in Surrey.

The purpose of the role is to assist the operating theatre manager in the daily running of the operating theatre suite, ensuring the highest standards of care and clinical services are maintained.

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Operating Theatre Nurse in Portsmouth

I am are currently looking for an approachable, enthusiastic and experienced Operating Theatre Nurse/ODP
 Practitioner skilled in Anaesthetic, Scrub or Recovery to join a team in Portsmouth.

You will have experience in anaesthetic, scrub or recovery with recent practice within their main specialities of ENT, General Surgery, Oral Surgery, Urology, Orthopaedics, Gynaecology, Ophthalmology, Pain Management and Endoscopy.

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Operating Theatre Practitioner ~ Scrub in Berkshire

Our client; a hospital who is part of a group of independent healthcare providers, are looking for an Scrub Practitioner to join their busy team in Berkshire.

This role will involve working across several operating theatres where patients undergo a wide variety of procedures including orthopaedics, gynaecology, general, general surgery, minor vascular and bariatrics.

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Scrub Practitioner in Cheshire

Our Client, a large hospital in Cheshire are looking for two Scrub Practitioners to join their team.

Reporting to the Lead Scrub Practitioner; this role will involve working across seven operating theatres scrubbing for a variety of procedures including orthopaedics, gynaecology, urology and ENT.

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Scrub Practitioner - Bristol

This is a brand new hospital that has been built in Bristol and we are looking for Operating Theatre Scrub Practitioners to join this team.

This role will involve scrubbing for a variety of procedures including, but not limited to orthopaedics, gynaecology, general, plastics and ophthalmics.

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Patient Survey Highlights Variation in Benefit from Common NHS Operations

New online map shows survey results by local provider in England

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Operating Theatre Practitioner Anaesthetics - Exeter - Permanent - Full Time

We currently have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Operating Theatre Practitioner to join this leading private healthcare company in Exeter. You will be working along side an established team across a variety of procedures.

This role will involve providing anaesthetics assistance to the Anaesthetist and preparing the operating theatres and trolleys for surgical procedures. Candidates who are able to, and are interested in scrub, will also have the opportunity to continue using those skills across the operating theatre department.

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Operating Theatre Practitioner - Anaesthetics - Warwickshire

Our Client, a hospital which is part of a group of healthcare providers, are looking for an Operating Department Practitioner (ODP) to join their team in Warwickshire.

This ODP role will involve working in the operating theatres, providing anaesthetics assistance to the Anaesthetist on a variety of elective procedures. You may also be required to rotate through into recovery if skilled to do so.

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Operating Department Practitioner (ODP) in Surrey

Medicor are pleased to consider applications for the position of ODP working for a private hospital in Surrey.

The successful candidate will be a HCPC registered Operating Department Practitioner, with experience in Scrub, Recovery and Anaesthetics in a post-registration setting.

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Formal Negotiation of NHS Doctors' Contracts Announced Today

The Department of Health has today (15 October 2013) confirmed that NHS Employers have a formal mandate to negotiate with the British Medical Association on the national contractual terms of doctors. Negotiations will start this morning.

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Royal College of Surgeons chair taskforce to review implementation of EU Working Time Directive in the NHS

The Royal College of Surgeons (RCS) is to chair an independent review of the implementation of the Working Time Directive (WTD) on the NHS and doctors Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt announced on the 11th of October.

The review, which will focus on how the Directive has been implemented, will make sure that continuity of patient care and opportunities for training are not being compromised.
Medical professionals and providers from across the NHS will be represented on the taskforce, including the British Medical Association (BMA). They will investigate the evidence and provide expert advice on the impact of the regulations on the delivery of patient care and the training of the next generation of doctors, including across different specialisms.

The taskforce will report to the Secretary of State for Health in January 2014 with recommendations for government policy on the implementation of the Directive, including practical recommendations for improving doctors contracts. By focusing specifically on the way the Directive is being brought in across the country and looking at best practice, the new taskforce hopes to come up with immediate solutions for mitigating the impact of the Directive.

Secretary of State for Health, Jeremy Hunt said:

No-one wants to go back to the bad old days of tired doctors working excessive hours, but when senior clinicians tell us this directives implementation is harming patient safety and doctors training, its right that we take another look at it.

This independent review by clinicians for clinicians will give us a sensible, frontline view on the working hours of British hospital doctors.

Professor Norman Williams, President, Royal College of Surgeons said:

This is a vital piece of work and I am pleased to be chairing this taskforce.

There is a need for a deeper examination of the evidence on the impact and implementation of the reduced working hours on the delivery of care and training of doctors; the formation of this group will allow this.

We will then produce expert advice and practical solutions to the Secretary of State with the aim of improving patient care.

Wolters Kluwer Health Garners Five Major Wins at Annual BMA Medical Book Awards

Grants Atlas of Anatomy Honored with Special Award for Best Illustrated Book

LONDON (October 9, 2013) Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading provider of information and business intelligence for students, professionals and pharmacy, today announced a total of 15 wins at the 2013 British Medical Association (BMA) Medical Book and Patient Information Awards.  The company, and imprints it represents, were honored with five major prizes including four first-place Category Awards and the BMA Illustrated Book Award for best Illustrative text.  In addition, the company received 10 Highly Commended awards for its Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW) medical texts.  Announced at BMA House, these annual awards are considered to be among the most prestigious and influential in medical publishing.

We are thrilled and honored to have so many titles recognized by the BMA this year, said Susan Driscoll, President & CEO, Wolters Kluwer Health, Professional & Education.  Its a well-deserved acknowledgement to our authors, contributors and editorial teams.  All of their skill and hard work has paid off and translated into some of the worlds best and most innovative medical publishing.

Wolters Kluwer Health received four first prize wins out of a total of 21 BMA Book Awards by Category including:
 

• Osborns Brain: Imaging, Pathology and Anatomy (Published by Amirsys; distributed by LWW) (Radiology)
• Manual of Cardiovascular Medicine, 4e (Cardiology)
• Visual Diagnosis and Care of the Patient with Special Needs (Health & Social Care)  
• The Washington Manual of Surgical Pathology, 2e (Pathology)

The LWW title, Grants Atlas of Anatomy, 13e, also was honored with the BMA Illustrated Book Award, one of the six highly coveted Special Awards given this year.  This special award is for the book or resource that makes the best use of visual media across all shortlisted entries.  The award reviewer summed it up as, This is a fantastic anatomy book which I consider a new leader in this field. The combination of images is varied and very effective. The use of realistic dissection illustrations, different radiological modalities, and colourful photographs are a pedagogical success.
 

A total of 10 LWW titles also were awarded Highly Commended designations by the judges, including:
 

• Complications in Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, 2e (Anaesthesia)
• Grants Atlas of Anatomy, 13e (Basic and Clinical Sciences)
• Marks Basic Medical Biochemistry, 4e (Basic and Clinical Sciences)
• Medical Physiology: Principles for Clinical Medicine, 4e (Basic and Clinical Sciences)
• Moss and Adams Heart Disease in Infants, Children and Adolescents: Including the Fetus and Young Adult, 8e (Cardiology)
• Werner and Ingbars The Thyroid: A Fundamental and Clinical Text, 10e (Internal Medicine)
• Histology for Pathologists, 4e (Pathology)
• Fundamentals of Diagnostic Radiology, 4e (also available as a 4 volume set) (Radiology)
• Acute Care Surgery (Surgery)
• Cormans Colon and Rectal Surgery, 6e (Surgical Specialties)

The annual BMA Medical Book Awards recognize outstanding contributions to the medical literature.  According to the BMA website, 641 books were entered this year. In addition to 21 category prizes, special awards were made for best illustrated book, best student textbook, best book by young authors, and for a book that promotes better understanding of science.  The awards were announced in London on September 17, 2013.

For more information, visit the BMA website or LWW.com.

"My Pain Feels Like…" - Pain Perception is as Individual as Pain Patients

A new website helps pain patients to better express and explain how their pain feels like

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The Operating Theatre Journal October 2013

Now available to download from OTJONLINE

http://otjonline.com

NO PAY RISE FOR NHS STAFF WILL BE THE FINAL STRAW THAT LEAD TO CALLS FOR INDUSTRIAL ACTION SAYS GMB

A tax break to married couples will cost £600m per year compared to £500m per year saved by reneging on the promised pay rise to NHS staff says GMB
GMB, the union for workers in the NHS, responded to news that Government has told the NHS pay review body that it will not honour the promise for an across the board pay rise for NHS staff from 1st April 2014.
Rehana Azam, GMB National Officer for the NHS, said the NHS pay review body is an independent body which receives evidence which then recommends pay rises in the NHS.
You only have to spend time with a paramedic, nurse, theatre porter or any other frontline NHS worker to see their number one priority is to deliver quality care and the best outcomes to patients they care for.
Why then does Jeremy Hunt want to berate and bully staff while they are trying to do a good job often under difficult circumstances. This is just wrong and will not be tolerated.
If the Secretary of State wants to employ bullying employer tactics to dictate to this independent pay review body how pay should be determined in the NHS our response is simple - we will fight this.
Government's attacks on the NHS are already significantly undermining the delivery of care.
GMB members are already totally fed up with this governments cuts to NHS services and jobs which staff recognize put patient wellbeing at risk.
If the Government now wants to attack NHS staff pay while offering tax cuts to married couples it will be the final straw that will lead to calls for industrial action.

Offering a tax break to married couples will cost £600m per year to the Exchequer compared to the £500m per year that could be saved by reneging on the promised pay rise to NHS staff. "

NHS pay proposal criticised by health unions

Unions have criticised government moves to halt a 1% pay rise for all NHS staff in England.

The Department of Health said the increase was unaffordable alongside the current system which sees many staff automatically receive incremental annual rises.

It has urged the NHS pay review body to withhold the rise for 1.3m staff.

Rachael Maskell, of the Unite trade union, said staff deserved the pay reward for "holding the NHS together".

Health trusts are currently under pressure to make savings and the NHS wage bill accounts for around 40% of its budget.

All public sector pay increases are capped at 1%.

The Department of Health (DoH) proposes using the funding intended for the rise to "modernise" pay structures.

It says the automatic increments - linked to length of service and satisfactory performance - add £900m to salary costs.

But the DoH has stressed no decisions on changes to pay have been taken, insisting independent bodies will make their recommendations in February or March next year.

The plans, which were outlined in the DoH's submission to two independent pay review bodies, have been criticised by Unite and Labour.

Ms Maskell said: "The Department of Health have got other choices. They're entering into a reorganisation which is costing £3bn, which nobody asked for and isn't adding anything to patient care.

"It is about choices and the NHS staff have already had two years of a pay freeze - 1% last year - and, quite frankly, are really falling behind inflation now with their wages."

Ms Maskell told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that motivation and morale was down among frontline health workers "at this very difficult time".

However, in its submission the DoH points to a staff survey suggesting high levels of motivation and morale.

"The government's view, therefore, remains that basic pay increases should only be implemented if there is strong evidence that recruitment, retention, morale or motivation issues require this," the department says in its written submission.
Shadow health secretary Andy Burnham suggested the NHS reorganisation had taken money out of front-line services.

"There has to be pay restraint in the NHS as well as other public services... but the NHS has been through some very difficult years - so have NHS staff - and this was a modest increase to recognise the pressure that all families are under.

"To take it away, to break that promise, is just another kick in the teeth."

Staff representatives have also reacted angrily to the plans.

"What they have done is inflammatory," said Christina McAnea, head of health at Unison and joint chair of the NHS Staff Council.

"We are not going to negotiate while a gun is held to our head for a paltry 1% pay rise - our members will not react well to that."

'Affordable' service

Dr Mark Porter, chairman of the British Medical Association council added: "We recognise fully the economic constraints the NHS is working under but the continued erosion in the real value of contracts for doctors has now reached a critical point."

He told the BBC: "What we won't see is people leaving in droves... healthcare workers are absolutely committed to the NHS and what they do.


"What is going to happen though is we're going to find it increasingly hard to recruit, partly for the specialist skills and partly for the numbers of staff that we'd need to bring into the health service to implement the safe minimum staffing levels."

A DoH spokeswoman stressed its proposals would "help protect jobs and improve care".

She said: "Many NHS staff have continued to receive pay rises of up to 3.5% and we want to keep working with the trade unions and employers on affordable pay.

"The measures we are proposing will help increase quality for patients and help us realise our vision of an affordable seven-day service."

Setting out the government's spending plans in June, Chancellor George Osborne said ministers were working to "remove automatic pay rises" for teachers, health professionals, prison and police staff.

The DOH drew attention to Mr Osborne's comments and confirmed it wanted NHS pay to have "stronger links to performance, quality and productivity".