The Operating Theatre Journal

The Leading Independent Digital Journal For ALL Operating Theatre Staff

Surgical Patient Safety System

SURgical PAtient Safety System (SURPASS©) checklist: a validated safety checklist covering the entire surgical pathway.

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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…

Ten Years After the Francis Inquiry Report: Will we ever learn?

Have lessons been learned in the decade since the Francis Report explored major failures of care at Stafford Hospital that led to unnecessary patient deaths. It is 10 years since…

New Strategy to Boost NHS Access to Innovative Medical Technology

The medical technology strategy will ensure patients can access safe, effective and innovative equipment and medical devices. Patients across the UK are set to benefit from access to safe, effective…

Human Factors & Patient Safety Webinar

3rd May 2023 12:00 – 13:30 Human Factors principles aim to understand the ‘fit’ between an employee, their equipment and the surrounding environment, which can include learning styles, behaviours and…

Perioperative Care Practitioners Intraoperative Non-Technical Skills (PINTS)

13 September 2023 – Edinburgh This one-day course enables perioperative care practitioners (PCPs) and surgical first assistants (SFAs) to improve their intra-operative performance and help them observe and rate intra-operative…

Perioperative Care Practitioners Intraoperative Non-Technical Skills (PINTS)

17 May 2023 – Birmingham This one-day course enables perioperative care practitioners (PCPs) and surgical first assistants (SFAs) to improve their intra-operative performance and help them observe and rate intra-operative…

EBME Expo 2023

28 – June 2023 Coventry Building Society Arena, Coventry

Understanding and Improving Everyday Work in Healthcare

Virtual Seminar16th May 202314.00 – 17.30 During this seminar we will be joined by Dr Steven Shorrock, Chartered Ergonomist and Human Factors specialist, Dr Lauren Morgan, chartered Human Factors specialist…

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Vanguard Offers a Viewing of its New Mobile Operating Theatre and Insight into its Rapid Provision of Healthcare Spaces

SIME Begins Clinical Trial Validating Point-of-care Device that Rapidly Predicts Neonatal Respiratory Disease at Birth in the NICU

Medical Malpractice

Ten Years After the Francis Inquiry Report: Will we ever learn?

New Strategy to Boost NHS Access to Innovative Medical Technology

Latest Study Days

Human Factors & Patient Safety Webinar

Perioperative Care Practitioners Intraoperative Non-Technical Skills (PINTS)

Perioperative Care Practitioners Intraoperative Non-Technical Skills (PINTS)

EBME Expo 2023

Understanding and Improving Everyday Work in Healthcare