The Operating Theatre Journal

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Study Days

Interventional Approaches for Cancer Related Pain & Acute Pain and Persistent Post Surgical Pain Two-day Virtual Conference - 16-17 December 2021

The Operating Theatre Conference - 10 February 2022 - Manchester

Innovating through backlogs: The NHS Future of Surgery Conference - 2 March 2022

15th International Neurotrauma Symposium - 17-22 July 2022 - Berlin

Latest News

Without an Increase in Anaesthetic Training Places NHS Funding Will Have Little Impact on Recovery

RCoA calling for an additional 100 trainee anaesthetists per year Ahead of the Spending Review and following the government announcement that it will be investing £5.9 billion to help tackle…

FlexFacs – the Innovative BAOMS Online Education Resource is Live

FlexFacs is the innovative, brand-new online training and educational resource for speciality trainees in oral and maxillofacial surgery (OMFS), launched by the British Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (BAOMS).…

Increasing Day Surgery Critical to Reducing Backlog Say NHS Leaders

Call for overhaul of how patients prepare and recover from operations Over half (54%) of NHS leaders think increasing day surgery is the best way to reduce the planned operation…

NHS Waits: More People Feeling Forced into Private Healthcare

“To be put in a position where you’re basically begging off people, it’s infuriating.” Last October, 12-year-old Hayden Kildea was diagnosed with severe scoliosis, a condition where the spine twists…

Hospitals in England Can Relax COVID Rules to Treat More Patients

Hospitals in England have been given the green light to ease some of the Covid infection-control measures that have been in place during the pandemic. The changes, recommended by the…

The Operating Theatre Conference

“COVID-19 will be around for the foreseeable future and infection rates may fluctuate as public health measures relax. A significant backlog of surgical work is being created in addition to…

Future Surgery Show

Join us this November (9th & 10th) for the Future Surgery Show, bringing together surgeons, anaesthetists and the whole perioperative team at the ExCel London. Designed specifically to meet the training needs,…

Society of Anaesthetists of Wales/Cymdeithas Anaesthetyddion Cymru Autumn Scientific Meeting

SAW Autumn Scientific Meeting 2021 SAW Autumn 2021 bring you one full day of top quality VIRTUAL content on Thursday October 14th and a half day of fantastic speakers in…

MHRA consultation on future medical devices regulation in the UK Webinar

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), has launched a 10-week public consultation on changes to how medical devices will be regulated across the UK. This is a unique…

CHFG Autumn Virtual Conference

Applying Human Factors to Patient Safety, Reliability and Investigation in Healthcare – SEIPS in Action 19th October 2021 – Virtual Conference Time: 1400 – 1715 BST (International participants welcome…

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The Operating Theatre Journal, OTJ, is published monthly and distributed to every hospital operating theatre department in the UK. The distribution includes both the National Health Service and the Private Sector.

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