A ground-breaking ‘Surgical Simulation Theatre’ that allows visitors to watch some of the UK’s best surgeons perform both ‘live’ and simulated surgery will once again be returning to Future Surgery 2022. Organised by the Association of British HealthTech Industries (ABHI), the one-of-its-kind simulated operating theatre will give world-class surgeons a platform to demonstrate the latest […]
The bestselling author of new book Apple: Sex, Drugs, Motherhood and the Recovery of the Feminine has revealed all. Humans will lose the ability to love within a century because of the alleged cognitive damage caused by hormone-blocking drugs during childbirth, a new book claims. Epidural analgesics and general anaesthetics, used routinely in labour since
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Commenting on the latest Winter Flow Project data, Dr Adrian Boyle, Vice President of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, said: “For the second week in a row the Royal College’s Winter Flow Project has recorded 1 in 11 patients delayed by 12 hours or more in an Emergency Department from time of arrival. The
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A report into public attitudes towards the NHS, published by the Health Foundation, shows that the public wants to see an increase in NHS staff numbers to address spiralling waiting lists. The findings align with assessments by the Royal College of Anaesthetists, that reveal a shortage of 1,400 anaesthetists across the UK is already preventing
The latest Emergency Department performance figures for December 2021 published by the Welsh government show: There were 57,761 attendances to major Emergency Departments (a decrease of 6% on the previous month, November 2021) Four-hour performance at major Emergency Departments was 58.2%, a 0.6 percentage point drop compared to the previous month, November 2021 December 2021
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Responding to the latest article in the Emergency Medicine Journal ‘Association between delays to patient admission from the emergency department and all-cause 30- day mortality’, Dr Katherine Henderson, President of the Royal College Emergency Medicine, said: “We welcome this paper, which adds to the evidence of what we have long warned – that long-waiting times
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Nine out of ten stroke survivors would go back in time and urge their younger self to make lifestyle changes which may have prevented their stroke, a new UK-wide survey by the Stroke Association has revealed. Nearly nine out of ten people (87%) surveyed in Wales say they hadn’t realised that they were at risk
Responding to the publication of NHS England quarterly and monthly performance figures, Dr Katherine Henderson, President of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, said: “The situation on the ground is extremely bleak. Staff are overwhelmed and burned out; it is increasingly challenging to provide timely and safe patient care.” The latest monthly Emergency Department (ED)
Dr Fiona Donald, President of the Royal College of Anaesthetists said: “The findings in the GMC report are stark. We are seeing more than one in 10 anaesthetists in training at high risk of burnout, a significant jump from 20201, with increasing numbers of doctors across all specialities reconsidering their career in the NHS and
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The Royal College of Anaesthetists (RCoA) and the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine (FICM) would like to voice our support for the introduction of new measures to help combat the risks of the Omicron variant. With the NHS facing the worst winter in memory, staff and resources are being pushed to the limit. It is
