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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