Following the release of 5,000 surgeon’s death rates, transparency crusader Sir Bruce Keogh firmly believes it is the right move and is owed to the public. ‘Anyone who does an intervention to somebody else has a professional and moral responsibility to be able to describe what they do and defend how well they do it. … [Read more…]
Government push on completing “hidden” surgery list The NHS in England has been ordered by government to prioritise patients who have been waiting over a year for routine treatment. Ministers have stated that they want to see over 100,000 procedures carried out over the summer on patients who have had to wait longer than the … [Read more…]
NHS budget taking the hit for doctors introducing new treatments Doctors have been taking finances in to their own hands by introducing new treatments to hospitals, without sufficient evidence of their effectiveness, or enough communication with NHS England, in a bid to gain more brownie points and prestige. The accusations come from senior health leaders … [Read more…]
Lack of confidence could cause surgeon shortage Top surgeons have confessed fears about the worrying lack of knowledge about anatomy in modern medical students, as many are given no experience dissecting actual body parts. The Royal College of Surgeons (RCS) have revealed that for the past two years, Britain has failed to fill all of its training … [Read more…]