A new procedure for storing livers donated for transplant has been hailed a “game changer” and approved for use on the NHS. The normothermic perfusion machine pumps oxygenated blood and nutrients into livers outside the bodyImage: David Nasralla The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) say perfusion machines could increase the number of […]
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Senior doctors have called on the UK government to make special provision to increase the number of doctors from outside the EEA. Royal Colleges Call for Increased UK Visas for Physicians The call comes in response to staff shortages across the NHS, and as the health service makes preparations for when the UK leaves the
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The Postgraduate Certificate (PGCert) is a part-time course for healthcare professionals, offered by the Department for Continuing Education in collaboration with the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences. Postgraduate Certificate in Patient Safety It can be completed in one year (though two years is possible), and consists of three modules, each a week long and taught
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The Royal College of Surgeons of England published the Higher Risk General Surgical Patient in 2011. The document drew attention to the high rate of mortality that was previously unappreciated in a readily recognisable group of adult patients undergoing high-risk elective or emergency abdominal surgery for a broad range of conditions seen in every acute
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Every year more than 12.7 million health professionals in Europe, including 7.3 million nurses, are exposed to carcinogenic, mutagenic and reprotoxic hazardous drugs. The European Commission said that in 2012 up to 106,500 cancer deaths were attributed to occupational exposure to carcinogenic substances, making cancer the first cause of work-related deaths in the EU. The
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The NHS [England] Long Term Plan, published 7 January 2019, will save almost half a million more lives with practical action on major killer conditions and investment in world class, cutting edge treatments including genomic tests for every child with cancer. The blueprint to make the NHS fit for the future will use the latest technology,
