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The OTJ April 2023

Cosmetic Surgery Boom: BAAPS National Audit Reveals 102% Rise in Procedures During 2022 Maintaining Heart Function in Donors Declared ‘dead by circulatory criteria’ Could Improve Access to Heart Transplantation Don’t Judge a Decontamination Unit by its Cover NatSIPPs 2 Sequential Steps: The NatSIPPs Eight – Flowchart When Do Clinical Trials Influence Surgical Practice? Mobile Operating […]

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The OTJ March 2023

NHS Scotland First in World to ‘clean up’ Anaesthetic Gases New Standards to Improve the Safety of Invasive Procedures in the NHS Researchers Suggest Novel Cutpoints for Diagnosing Cardiac Hypertrophy in Adolescents and Young Adults 25in25 Summit: 45 Health Organisations Unite to Sign Declaration to Save Thousands of Lives by Focusing on Reducing Heart Failure

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The OTJ February 2023

New Standards to Improve the Safety of Invasive Procedures in the NHS Delphi Study Round Three – A Study Across NHS England Hospital Trust Operating Theatres Crash and Burn(out) – Aviation-Style Safety Checklist and Confidential Helpline for Surgical Community to Prevent Mental Health Crisis A Wound Care Study: has the pandemic led to new and

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The OTJ January 2023

Delphi Study Round Two – A Study Across NHS England Hospital Trust Operating Theatres Intercollegiate Green Theatre Checklist Local Interventions to Support the Recovery of Elective Surgery at the University College London Hospitals Department of Theatres & Anaesthesia Multimillion-pound Plan to Expand Operating Theatres at Newark Hospital New Hope for Osteoarthritis Sufferers. World’s Largest Analysis

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The OTJ December 2022

Delphi Study Round One – A Study Across NHS England Hospital Trust Operating Theatres Managing NHS Backlogs and Waiting Times in England Steroid Injections Worsen Knee Arthritis, According to Two New Studies First Robotic Hysterectomy Completed in Wales World’s First Algae-based Local Anaesthetic Another Step Closer to Reality How New Bacterial Species Discovered in Asian

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The OTJ November 2022

New Research Calls for All Health and Care Staff to be Trained in AI Reducing Noise in Operating Theatre Improves Children’s Behaviour After Surgery, Study Finds Brain Tumour Patient Operated on Awake While Playing Saxophone No Difference Between Spinal Versus General Anaesthesia in Patients Having Hip Fracture Surgery Finds Study New Operating Theatres for Neath

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The OTJ October 2022

Why Are Intra-operative surgical Never Events Still Occurring in NHS Operating Theatres? Radical Rethink Needed to Improve Safety in Health and Social Care World Anaesthesia Day 2022: History, Significance, Celebrations and Theme £4 Million “space-age” Operating Theatre Will Help Bring Down Eye Surgery Backlog Two Thirds of Nurses Choosing Between Food and Fuel as Cost

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The OTJ September 2022

Service Evaluation of the Current World Health Organisation’s Surgical Safety Checklist in Spine Surgery at the University Hospitals of Derby & Burton. Could this lead to a change in NHS Improvement? The Anaesthetic Gas Scavenging System Project Cancelled Operations Could Be Prevented by an Earlier Anaemia Test and Time to Prepare The Top 10 Things

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The OTJ August 2022

Study Suggests Robotic surgery Has High Cure Rates for Some Head and Neck Cancer Patients Research Breakthrough Means Better Treatment for Patients with Stiff Heart Syndrome Improving Outcomes after Trauma and Blood Loss Operating Theatre Investment in Forth Valley Helps Reduce Cataract Surgery Waiting Times

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The OTJ July 2022

UK Plastic Surgeons’ Expertise Supports Ukrainian Colleagues NHS Issues Heartfelt Plea for People to Register Their Organ Donation Decision as Thousands Still Wait for Transplant Wrexham Maelor Hospital is Turning the Tide on Plastic Calling All Those Involved in Cataract Surgery – 1 Tree Will be Planted for Every 100 Completed Surveys Work Begins to

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