http://www.otjonline.com/ OTJONLINE News en-gb Thu, 01 Jul 2010 10:52 GMT Copyright: (C) Lawrand Ltd. 240 http://www.otjonline.com/images/lawrand_logo_sm.jpg http://www.otjonline.com/ The Health Professions Council (HPC) has launched a three month consultation to invite stakeholders for their views on its review of the generic standards of proficiency. http://www.otjonline.com/news2010/0729b.php Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:35 GMT The Health Professions Council (HPC) has launched a three month consultation to invite stakeholders for their views on its review of the generic standards of proficiency. http://www.otjonline.com/news2010/0729a.php Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:25 GMT The health service has been forced to apologise for the mistakes it made in treating an 86-year-old patient who died in the operating theatre. http://www.otjonline.com/news2010/0727a.php Tue, 27 Jul 2010 01:45 GMT New link added. http://www.otjonline.com/links_other.php Sat, 24 Jul 2010 14:18 GMT Speaking at the XVIII International AIDS Conference in Vienna, WHO experts today drew attention to the glaring disparities between countries in western and eastern Europe in providing access to HIV services for people living with HIV. http://www.otjonline.com/news2010/0724b.php Sat, 24 Jul 2010 13:55 GMT Provisional monthly figures for headcount, full time equivalent, role count and turnover of NHS staff groups working in England (excluding primary care staff) are published today for the first time by The NHS Information Centre. http://www.otjonline.com/news2010/0724a.php Sat, 24 Jul 2010 13:47 GMT Secretary of State for Health Andrew Lansley today set out the Government's ambitious plans to reform the NHS during this Parliament and for the long-term. http://www.otjonline.com/news2010/0713c.php Tue, 13 Jul 2010 02:49 GMT Health Secretary Andrew Lansley says he will cut GBP1 billion from NHS bureaucracy and use it to improve services. http://www.otjonline.com/news2010/0713b.php Tue, 13 Jul 2010 02:42 GMT Hospitals are being urged to double-check whether women are pregnant before surgery because of risks to the developing foetus. http://www.otjonline.com/news2010/0713a.php Tue, 13 Jul 2010 02:36 GMT PARIS. A French surgeon says he has conducted a full-face transplant including eyelids and tear ducts. http://www.otjonline.com/news2010/0710d.php Sat, 10 Jul 2010 13:43 GMT If someone is rude to you at work or if you witness rudeness you are more likely to make mistakes, says Rhona Flin, Professor of Applied Psychology at the University of Aberdeen, in an editorial published in this week's BMJ. http://www.otjonline.com/news2010/0710c.php Sat, 10 Jul 2010 13:28 GMT Thousands of NHS jobs in England are being cut despite government promises to protect frontline services, a union says. http://www.otjonline.com/news2010/0710b.php Sat, 10 Jul 2010 13:19 GMT A new type of pain relief implant for chronic back and leg disorders which uses Wii-style technology has been used for the first time in Britain. http://www.otjonline.com/news2010/0710a.php Sat, 10 Jul 2010 13:12 GMT Available for download long before the paper issue. 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This online Guide informs clinicians and managers how to successfully implement insulin pump therapy into routine clinical and operational practice. http://www.otjonline.com/news2010/0625a.php Fri, 25 Jun 2010 05:48 GMT The Health Professions Council is pleased to announce the introduction of a new resource for individuals on the HPC Register. http://www.otjonline.com/news2010/0623a.php Wed, 23 Jun 2010 05:48 GMT A young man in desert fatigues is rushed from an ambulance to resus on a stretcher. His left arm is hanging off, the devastating blow from a rocket-propelled grenade. http://www.otjonline.com/news2010/0617b.php Thu, 17 Jun 2010 19:04 GMT Pressures over hospital budgets and targets may be damaging safety in operating theatres, a survey suggests. http://www.otjonline.com/news2010/0617a.php Thu, 17 Jun 2010 18:56 GMT Birmingham's new GBP 545m hospital has started taking some of its first patients. http://www.otjonline.com/news2010/0616e.php Wed, 16 Jun 2010 19:58 GMT Further losses raise hackles of data protection watchdog http://www.otjonline.com/news2010/0616d.php Wed, 16 Jun 2010 19:51 GMT From today until Sunday, visitors to the festival will be able to drop by an inflatable simulated operating suite and see a team of anaesthetists, surgeons and nurses carrying out an emergency procedure known as a laparotomy on a highly realistic silicon model. http://www.otjonline.com/news2010/0616c.php Wed, 16 Jun 2010 17:59 GMT Vernacares new single-use anaesthetic safety tray will help reduce operating theatre error and advance standards of infection prevention. http://www.otjonline.com/news2010/0616b.php Wed, 16 Jun 2010 17:21 GMT Up to 100,000 lives could be saved every year if a known drug were given to seriously bleeding trauma patients, says a report from a global trial. http://www.otjonline.com/news2010/0616a.php Wed, 16 Jun 2010 17:14 GMT Patients less likely to die in bigger hospitals, reveals exclusive Guardian investigation http://www.otjonline.com/news2010/0615a.php Tue, 15 Jun 2010 01:08 GMT Spectrum Surgical announces new Instrument Identification Flash Cards for educational purposes. http://www.otjonline.com/news2010/0613a.php Sun, 13 Jun 2010 16:47 GMT DENVER - For a pair of bills ripped straight from the headlines, they sure didn't get much ink. http://www.otjonline.com/news2010/0612c.php Sat, 12 Jun 2010 22:29 GMT A full public inquiry into the appalling failings in patient care at Mid-Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust was announced today by Health Secretary Andrew Lansley. http://www.otjonline.com/news2010/0612b.php Sat, 12 Jun 2010 22:18 GMT A public inquiry into Scotland's worst outbreak of Clostridium difficile (C.diff) has been told of poor hygiene standards at the hospital involved. http://www.otjonline.com/news2010/0612a.php Sat, 12 Jun 2010 08:47 GMT 46,000 new cases of atrial fibrillation are diagnosed each year which cause around 12,500 strokes each year. Improving diagnosis and anticoagulation therapy would prevent 4,500 strokes each year and 3,000 deaths. http://www.otjonline.com/news2010/0608d.php Tue, 08 Jun 2010 19:29 GMT An online database that will allow NHS staff to share information has been unveiled by Health Secretary Nicola Sturgeon. http://www.otjonline.com/news2010/0608c.php Tue, 08 Jun 2010 19:23 GMT Brussels, 8 June 2010 Eucomed, the Medical Technology Industry Association, supports the World Heart Rhythm Week, a global event bringing together individuals and organisations to raise awareness about the impact of arrhythmias. http://www.otjonline.com/news2010/0608b.php Tue, 08 Jun 2010 19:12 GMT A public inquiry into Scotland's worst outbreak of Clostridium difficile (C.diff) has been told of poor hygiene standards at the hospital involved. http://www.otjonline.com/news2010/0608a.php Tue, 08 Jun 2010 19:03 GMT OPERATIONS have been cancelled at Wales' largest hospital after concerns were expressed about the cleanliness of surgical instruments, health chiefs confirmed last night. http://www.otjonline.com/news2010/0605c.php Sat, 05 Jun 2010 08:07 GMT A shortage of junior doctors to start work in hospitals this August is forcing the NHS to try to recruit from India, the BBC has learned. http://www.otjonline.com/news2010/0605b.php Sat, 05 Jun 2010 07:54 GMT As part of the Governments radical agenda for setting government data free, patients and the public will be given more up-to-date information about their local hospital. http://www.otjonline.com/news2010/0605a.php Sat, 05 Jun 2010 07:40 GMT Dozens of appalling medical errors, including leaving surgical equipment inside a patient's body, are dogging Scotland's hospitals. http://www.otjonline.com/news2010/0602a.php Wed, 02 Jun 2010 05:36 GMT More charges may be brought over the death of a County Durham man who fell from a balcony on the Greek island of Rhodes 10 years ago. http://www.otjonline.com/news2010/0529b.php Sat, 29 May 2010 07:49 GMT A cancer patient who has a phobia of hospitals should be forced to undergo a life-saving operation if necessary, a High Court judge has ruled. http://www.otjonline.com/news2010/0529a.php Sat, 29 May 2010 07:40 GMT Technology aimed at reducing deaths on rural roads is being investigated by scientists. http://www.otjonline.com/news2010/0528c.php Fri, 28 May 2010 06:01 GMT The chairman of NHS London has resigned after stating his vision of healthcare delivery had "little in common" with that of the new government. http://www.otjonline.com/news2010/0528b.php Fri, 28 May 2010 05:54 GMT The latest collaboration between UK-based LED Manufacturer, Enfis and Chinese medical lighting specialist C-THME heralds a step-change in surgical lighting technology. http://www.otjonline.com/news2010/0528a.php Fri, 28 May 2010 05:43 GMT A MEDICAL student could be banned from working in hospitals after faking ID paperwork to scam the NHS out of more than GBP12,000 while she trained in Coventry. http://www.otjonline.com/news2010/0527a.php Thu, 27 May 2010 05:36 GMT Organised by the Infection Prevention Society this event is the major infection prevention conference and exhibition of the year. http://www.otjonline.com/news2010/0526a.php Wed, 26 May 2010 05:53 GMT Health Secretary outlines vision for locally led NHS service changes http://www.otjonline.com/news2010/0521e.php Fri, 21 May 2010 05:45 GMT John Black, President of the Royal College of Surgeons said: http://www.otjonline.com/news2010/0521d.php Fri, 21 May 2010 05:39 GMT East Sussex - Philanthropist, social entrepreneur and inventor, Marc Koska, OBE, was invited to speak at the recent "Different by Design" TED Salon in London, sponsored by frog design - his second TED Talk. http://www.otjonline.com/news2010/0521c.php Fri, 21 May 2010 05:24 GMT The NHS is still not doing enough to encourage a culture of whistle-blowing, a study suggests. http://www.otjonline.com/news2010/0521b.php Fri, 21 May 2010 05:13 GMT ODP struck off the HPC Register http://www.otjonline.com/news2010/0521a.php Fri, 21 May 2010 05:05 GMT The NHS is bracing itself for a "brutal" round of cuts - and staff fear they are in the firing line. http://www.otjonline.com/news2010/0518a.php Tue, 18 May 2010 05:26 GMT ROLLING THEATRE closures will be introduced by Dublin's Beaumont Hospital for the remainder of the year to cut costs. http://www.otjonline.com/news2010/0511d.php Tue, 11 May 2010 18:53 GMT Intravenous products: The MHRA report "Due to a software irregularity, if the previous set up is not cleared at start-up, the single bubble detection threshold will default to 100 microlitres, without any indication to the user." "If the desired setting is less than 100 microlitres, there is the potential for serious injury, particularly to neonates. If the desired setting is greater than 100 microlitres, there is the potential for an increase in nuisance alarms." http://www.otjonline.com/news2010/0511c.php Tue, 11 May 2010 18:45 GMT The NHS reported the highest number of serious data breaches of any UK organisation since the end of 2007, the Information Commissioner's Office says. http://www.otjonline.com/news2010/0511b.php Tue, 11 May 2010 18:16 GMT A major trauma event will be held in central London on 24th May and will be from 10am to 4pm. http://www.otjonline.com/news2010/0511a.php Tue, 11 May 2010 17:39 GMT Safety checks have been carried out at hospitals after a patient having surgery was hit in the face by an operating theatre lamp. http://www.otjonline.com/news2010/0509d.php Sun, 09 May 2010 14:48 GMT A nationwide alert has been issued to hospitals after a series of incidents involving artificial breathing machines that have harmed patients, it has been emerged. http://www.otjonline.com/news2010/0509c.php Sun, 09 May 2010 14:39 GMT Scientists have created an artificial material that mimics the tough, stretchy properties of muscle. http://www.otjonline.com/news2010/0509b.php Sun, 09 May 2010 14:30 GMT World-leading heart surgery has been carried out at a Leicester hospital by surgeons using a remote-controlled robot arm. http://www.otjonline.com/news2010/0509a.php Sun, 09 May 2010 14:20 GMT A protein in the blood has been found to be associated with the same increased risk of heart disease as high blood pressure and cholesterol. http://www.otjonline.com/news2010/0508e.php Sat, 08 May 2010 14:46 GMT Patients arriving for knee surgery at a Glasgow hospital are being asked if they want to watch a movie while they are having their operation http://www.otjonline.com/news2010/0508d.php Sat, 08 May 2010 14:37 GMT On March 31st, French authorities banned the manufacture, use and export of PIP breast implants after complaints of high rupture rates and finding that the filler was unauthorised and illegal for human use. Now, it has emerged that surgeons around the world were instructed to prepare for removal of the implants just three days into the crisis. http://www.otjonline.com/news2010/0508c.php Sat, 08 May 2010 14:25 GMT The website www.NHSexplained.co.uk has been launched with the aim to get to the truth of what is happening within both the NHS and social care in the United Kingdom with your help. http://www.otjonline.com/news2010/0508b.php Sat, 08 May 2010 08:17 GMT Private companies working in the health service plan to lobby ministers to allow doctors working for them access to NHS pensions, Pulse can reveal. http://www.otjonline.com/news2010/0508a.php Sat, 08 May 2010 08:08 GMT British experts have welcomed the news that a team in Spain has performed the world's first full face transplant. http://www.otjonline.com/news2010/0423b.php Fri, 23 Apr 2010 15:30 GMT The HPC has launched a new online service which will enable registrants to renew their registration and pay their registration fee securely using their online account. http://www.otjonline.com/news2010/0423a.php Fri, 23 Apr 2010 05:52 GMT We are interested in hearing from people who have direct experience of major trauma. http://www.otjonline.com/news2010/0421a.php Wed, 21 Apr 2010 05:52 GMT A health care worker from Birmingham was ordered to be struck off after he was found guilty of having "straddled" an unconscious woman patient for his own sexual gratification. http://www.otjonline.com/news2010/0419c.php Mon, 19 Apr 2010 17:20 GMT The Process modules focus on Session Start-up, Patient Preparation, Patient Turnaround, Handover, Consumables and Equipment and Recovery. http://www.otjonline.com/news2010/0419b.php Mon, 19 Apr 2010 17:10 GMT Follow the link for the full story http://www.otjonline.com/news2010/0419a.php Mon, 19 Apr 2010 17:02 GMT St John Ambulance today officially launches a first aid iPhone app that could be the difference between life and death. The app gives life saving advice that is digestible at pace and under pressure. http://www.otjonline.com/news2010/0416c.php Fri, 16 Apr 2010 06:14 GMT Richard Collins, Vice-President of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, said: http://www.otjonline.com/news2010/0416b.php Fri, 16 Apr 2010 06:09 GMT On the road with the UK's top children's mobile intensive care team http://www.otjonline.com/news2010/0416a.php Fri, 16 Apr 2010 06:00 GMT New Successful Strategies to Reduce Healthcare Associated Infections: Applying a Zero Tolerance Approach to Implementation of 'Care Bundles' http://www.otjonline.com/news2010/0408a.php Thu, 08 Apr 2010 06:00 GMT Checklists that spell out exactly how to care for patients with common conditions have dramatically reduced hospital deaths, say doctors. http://www.otjonline.com/news2010/0407a.php Wed, 07 Apr 2010 06:00 GMT From 1 April 2010 all NHS patients in England have new legal rights to fast treatment enshrined in the NHS Constitution. http://www.otjonline.com/news2010/0402a.php Fri, 02 Apr 2010 14:20 GMT Costs are too high and NHS chiefs tried to suppress figures, select committee report says. http://www.otjonline.com/news2010/0331a.php Wed, 31 Mar 2010 19:00 GMT Organ donors will in future be allowed to donate their organs to a family member or close friend in need of a transplant under new rules, Health Minister Ann Keen announced today. http://www.otjonline.com/news2010/0329b.php Mon, 29 Mar 2010 14:43 GMT Basic surgical procedures which could improve the lives of thousands of people are being denied amid NHS cost cutting, some of the country's leading doctors have warned. http://www.otjonline.com/news2010/0329a.php Mon, 29 Mar 2010 14:33 GMT The NHS could generate additional funding from other countries and organisations using its knowledge and products, Health Secretary Andy Burnham announced today. http://www.otjonline.com/news2010/0325b.php Thu, 25 Mar 2010 18:54 GMT A hospital has been branded an 'absolute disgrace' after a pensioner died when a surgical swab was left inside her for nine months. http://www.otjonline.com/news2010/0325a.php Thu, 25 Mar 2010 18:40 GMT Figures released today show that, despite spending a third of our lives in bed, most Brits change their pillows so infrequently that 70 per cent of our bedding is filled with excrement from thousands of dust mites. http://www.otjonline.com/news2010/0320b.php Sat, 20 Mar 2010 15:01 GMT Joint press release by WHO Regional Office for Europe and European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control http://www.otjonline.com/news2010/0320a.php Sat, 20 Mar 2010 14:50 GMT Doctors' leaders have called for a halt in the development of a medical records database for patients in England. http://www.otjonline.com/news2010/0311a.php Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:18 GMT We are a research team at Loughborough University and we are working on a project funded by the Centre for Evidence based Purchasing (CEP) which, as part of the NHS purchasing and Supply Agency (PASA) is intended to ensure best value win procurement for the NHS. http://www.otjonline.com/news2010/0310a.php Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:48 GMT Nine out of ten support new rights on waiting times http://www.otjonline.com/news2010/0308a.php Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:07 GMT A purpose-built GBP 4 million private hospital with an operating theatre has stood empty in Carlisle for two years because nobody wants it. http://www.otjonline.com/news2010/0306a.php Sat, 06 Mar 2010 14:13 GMT We have temporarily suspended the paediatric cardiac surgery service while we investigate concerns that have been raised. http://www.otjonline.com/news2010/0305b.php Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:35 GMT A hospital has been told to take "swift action" to remedy problems found in a cleanliness check. http://www.otjonline.com/news2010/0305a.php Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:25 GMT Prime Ministers Commission on the Future of Nursing and Midwifery in England sets out the way forward for the future of the professions. http://www.otjonline.com/news2010/0302a.php Tue, 02 Mar 2010 20:41 GMT The Chartered Institute for IT campaign highlights importance of accessing health information http://www.otjonline.com/news2010/0301a.php Mon, 01 Mar 2010 07:03 GMT A surgery technician who infected about three dozen people with hepatitis C after she injected herself with painkiller-filled syringes and replaced them with ones filled with saline was sentenced Wednesday to 30 years in prison. http://www.otjonline.com/news2010/0225b.php Thu, 25 Feb 2010 18:24 GMT New online resources to help employers, learners and training providers explore the benefits of health sector apprenticeships are launched today. http://www.otjonline.com/news2010/0225a.php Thu, 25 Feb 2010 18:17 GMT Prince William is due to visit a children's hospital to unveil its new state-of-the-art MRI scanner. http://www.otjonline.com/news2010/0223b.php Tue, 23 Feb 2010 20:19 GMT The BMA has highlighted the dangerous working conditions in Pakistan that lie behind the manufacturing of surgical instruments purchased by the NHS. At the beginning of Fairtrade Fortnight, the BMA is calling on the NHS in Scotland to adopt new guidance on ethical purchasing. http://www.otjonline.com/news2010/0223a.php Tue, 23 Feb 2010 20:12 GMT Spatula-like instrument found in woman's stomach 5 months after surgery http://www.otjonline.com/news2010/0222c.php Mon, 22 Feb 2010 07:26 GMT A NEW surgical treatment for varicose veins is to be offered at a private hospital in the Lothians. http://www.otjonline.com/news2010/0222b.php Mon, 22 Feb 2010 07:20 GMT This site covers everything you wish to learn about the schools, the job description, and salary data these professionals have. http://www.otjonline.com/news2010/0222a.php Mon, 22 Feb 2010 07:09 GMT Health informatics and social care professionals can now register for HC2010, the largest health and social care informatics congress in Europe, which will be held at the ICC Birmingham, UK, from 27 to 29 April 2010. http://www.otjonline.com/news2010/0207b.php Sun, 07 Feb 2010 18:05 GMT A patient presumed to be in a vegetative state for five years can communicate 'yes' and 'no' using just his thoughts, according to new research from the Medical Research Council (MRC) and the University of Liège. http://www.otjonline.com/news2010/0207a.php Sun, 07 Feb 2010 17:54 GMT On 6th - 14th November 2010, a group of adventure seekers will fly off to China to trek the Great Wall; in aid of the thousands of premature babies that are saved each year by research undertook by registered charity Action Medical Research. http://www.otjonline.com/news2010/0201c.php Mon, 01 Feb 2010 19:01 GMT An Irish hospital is the first in the world to embrace the latest science by specifying hygienic copper door handles throughout in a bid to reduce healthcare associated infections such as MRSA, providing the best possible solid protection to its patients. http://www.otjonline.com/news2010/0201b.php Mon, 01 Feb 2010 18:57 GMT A MAJOR charity challenge trekking 50 miles along the 'backbone of England' in just 24 hours is taking place this summer in aid of MedEquip4Kids. http://www.otjonline.com/news2010/0201a.php Mon, 01 Feb 2010 18:48 GMT