Latest issue of the Operating Theatre Journal

Summary

A monthly journal for all operating theatre staff covering surgical and anaesthesia news.

Content

December issue

• 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 siscovered in Asian soil could help battle against antibiotic resistance

November issue

• 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

October issue

• 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 of living bites and one in five turn to food banks.
• ‘An inspirational story’: Hartlepool cleaner changes career to become hospital nurse.

September issue

• 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 experts need you to know about screening during Gynaecological Cancer Awareness Month September 2022
• £35.5m for New Friarage Hospital Operating Theatres.
• New robotic surgical system revolutionises patient care at UHCW.
• Insourcing: Giving NHS operating theatre teams a helping hand.
• Arterial stiffness raises blood pressure in adolescents via insulin resistance.
• Birmingham’s Public Health Chief is among sector leaders to receive university honours,