The OTJ September 2023
In depth coverage of this month’s surgical and anaesthetic news.
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Digital Edition Highlights:
Serious Hazards of Transfusion (SHOT) Report Warns of Alarming Increase in Transfusion Errors and Harm to Patients
Doctors Cut Waiting List for Breast Cancer Surgery Patients
Study Reveals Surgeons Need to Improve How they Communicate with Patients about New Procedures
University and NHS Join Forces to Deliver Life Support Training to Nursing Students
Imperial Professor Co-leads UK’s First Womb Transplant Operation
Patients Hail Robotic Surgery at Ysbyty Gwynedd
Nurses’ Intentions to Quit Increased During the Pandemic Despite their High Resilience
Calum – Operating Department Practitioner from the UK Working as an Anaesthetic Technician in Auckland, NZ
Latest News
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Mental Health Transparency at Work Is on the Rise According to Nuffield Health’s 2023 Healthier Nation Index
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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…
Latest Study Days
Global Peri-Operative Medicine: Anaesthesia, Pain and Critical Care Conference - What’s New?
Date: 14-15 March 2024 Venue: America Square Conference Centre, America Square, London EC3N 2LB Register: https://www.royalmarsden.nhs.uk/GPOM23 This event is fully CPD accredited. A unique two-day conference to discuss and learn…
Symptoms in Paediatric Palliative Care
Date: 6 February 2024 Venue: The Royal Marsden Education and Conference Centre, London SW3 6JJ Register: https://www.royalmarsden.nhs.uk/symptoms-palliative-care This day focuses on effective symptom management and adapting care dependent on the…
Future Surgery 2023
14-15 November 2023 ExCel, London EXPLORE THE EVOLVING WORLD OF SURGERY For all surgical specialties, all roles and every member of the theatre team, Future Surgery is the only large-scale…
Anaesthesia & Critical Care 2023
The Anaesthesia & Critical Care conference is returning on 14-15 November 2023 at ExCeL London. Going back to last year, over a thousand healthcare professionals gathered in London for Anaesthesia…
Breast Surgery as Day Surgery
This conference will provide the opportunity to share learning about successful day-case breast surgery and showcase what can be achieved, including key aspects of the day surgery pathway, current guidance…
