The OTJ May 2023
In depth coverage of this month’s surgical and anaesthetic news.
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Digital Edition Highlights:
Reducing Mortality in Emergency Surgery: Focussing minds through a national clinical audit in the NHS
Vall d’Hebron Achieves the First Fully Robotic Lung Transplant with a New Access Route
Majority of NHS Trusts Do Not Offer Training to Prevent Sexual Harassment, Study Finds
Handwashing During ‘normal times’ Can Reduce Burden of Respiratory Disease
The Surgical Education Checklist as a Tool to Improve Teaching Within the Operating Theatre
One-stage Hip Revisions Are as Good as 2-stage Surgery to Replace Infected Artificial Hips
Sciatica Surgery Pain Relief Benefits Short-lived
Meet Sharon, the Entry-level Decontamination Technician, with 20 Years’ Experience!
Competition: Win ONE of FOUR Sets of Common Anaesthetic Drugs Cards
Latest News
Vanguard Offers a Viewing of its New Mobile Operating Theatre and Insight into its Rapid Provision of Healthcare Spaces
Vanguard Healthcare Solutions, the UK’s leading provider of flexible clinical infrastructure, is hosting an information event for healthcare professionals which will offer a tour of one of its new mobile…
SIME Begins Clinical Trial Validating Point-of-care Device that Rapidly Predicts Neonatal Respiratory Disease at Birth in the NICU
The FAST 2 (Fourier-transform Infrared Spectroscopy guided Surfactant Therapy) trial begins in 4 Danish University Hospitals to validate performance of innovative point-of-care (POC) device SIME Diagnostics, a pioneer in point-of-care…
Medical Malpractice
In claims against medical professionals the system remains under pressure and our general prediction is that everything will take longer and claims will cost more to resolve. The Fixed Recoverable…
Ten Years After the Francis Inquiry Report: Will we ever learn?
Have lessons been learned in the decade since the Francis Report explored major failures of care at Stafford Hospital that led to unnecessary patient deaths. It is 10 years since…
New Strategy to Boost NHS Access to Innovative Medical Technology
The medical technology strategy will ensure patients can access safe, effective and innovative equipment and medical devices. Patients across the UK are set to benefit from access to safe, effective…
Latest Study Days
9th Annual FPC Conference: The Role of the Extended Surgical Team in the Digital World
7 October 2023 Birmingham The programme of esteemed speakers will bring together aspects of surgical patient care in the digital era, explore professional development and consider the importance of self-care.…
Virtual Seminar - Understanding and Improving Everyday Work in Healthcare
16th May 202314.00 – 17.30 BSTDuring this seminar we will be joined by Dr Steven Shorrock, Chartered Ergonomist and Human Factors specialist, Dr Lauren Morgan, chartered Human Factors specialist and…
Theatres & Decontamination Conference 2023
18 May 2023 CBS Arena Coventry Conference Website
AAAHP 7th National Conference
13 – 15 October 2023 Sydney, Australia Origins Come and join your NSW colleagues, who are hosting this year’s National Conference, at the origins of their profession in Sydney NSW.…
