Office 'cake culture' is fuelling obesity and rotting our teeth
Workers should bring fruit platters into the office instead of doughnuts, cookies and biscuits, advises Professor Nigel Hunt of the Royal College of Surgeons. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - June 24, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Smokers and overweight patients: soft targets for NHS savings?
The practice of restricting surgery on the basis of weight or smoking status has become widespread, according to the Royal College of Surgeons, which has published a report criticising the commissioning policies of CCGs in England. (Source: NHS Networks)
Source: NHS Networks - April 27, 2016 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Three million refused NHS ops for smoking or being too fat
One in eight trusts will not fund these operations for smokers, instead offering them nicotine gum, patches and advice on how to quit, according to the Royal College of Surgeons (file photo). (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 22, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Professional standards for cosmetic surgery
The Royal College of Surgeons has updated its professional standards for the cosmetic surgery industry and is calling for a new law to protect patients. (Source: NHS Networks)
Source: NHS Networks - April 18, 2016 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Tough new standards for doctors carrying out cosmetic procedures
The guidance makes clear the ethical obligations doctors have towards patients and the standards of care they need to provide. It comes into force from June, and covers both surgical and non-surgical procedures. The GMC is working closely with the Royal College of Surgeons who have also published Professional standards for Cosmetic Surgery to supplement the guidance. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - April 14, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Plastic surgeons who offer buy one get one free deals face being struck off
New guidelines from the Royal College of Surgeons and the General Medical Council say patients should be given two weeks 'reflection time' before they can consent to cosmetic surgery. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 12, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Emergency general surgery: challenges and opportunities
Commissioned by the Royal College of Surgeons, this report focuses on the challenges faced by emergency general surgery include variation in outcomes, workforce, organisational and operational issues and underlying demographic and epidemiological trends. The report suggests various potential solutions to the problems facing emergency general surgery (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - April 11, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Contract will have 'adverse effect' on women
Senior medical leaders have criticised the Government’s ‘unacceptable’ admission that the new junior doctors contract will have a disproportionate impact on women.
The Department of Health’s equality impact assessment, which was published along with the contract last week, suggests that ‘any indirect adverse effect on women is a proportionate means of achieving a legitimate end’.
The assessment notes that doctors could face footing the bill for increased cost of childcare during evenings and weekends and suggests that single mothers would be hit hardest — but health leaders say the...
Source: BMA News - April 5, 2016 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Contract will have ‘adverse effect on women’
Senior medical leaders have criticised the Government’s ‘unacceptable’ admission that the new junior doctors contract will have a disproportionate impact on women.
The Department of Health’s equality impact assessment, which was published along with the contract last week, suggests that ‘any indirect adverse effect on women is a proportionate means of achieving a legitimate end’.
The assessment notes that doctors could face footing the bill for increased cost of childcare during evenings and weekends and suggests that single mothers would be hit hardest — but health leaders say the...
Source: BMA News - April 5, 2016 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Big rise in hip replacements over last decade
NHS data has shown that the number of hip replacement operations on people aged under 60 has risen 76% in the last decade.
More and more people under the age of 60 are turning to hip replacement surgery as a remedy for chronic hip pain, according to new NHS data.
The Royal College of Surgeons has analysed statistics released by the Health & Social Care Information Centre showing that hip replacements are becoming more common among younger patients, which is indicative of growing confidence in this type of treatment.
The growing demand for hip replacements
According to the data, there were 89,919 hip replacement operati...
Source: Arthritis Research UK - March 3, 2016 Category: Rheumatology Source Type: news
Sporty baby-boomers spark surge in hip-replacements
Around 8,000 more hip replacements are carried out every year for under 60s who refuse to give up sports in middle age (Source: Telegraph Health)
Source: Telegraph Health - March 2, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: knee replacement hip replacmeent baby boomers nuffield health royal college of surgeons extreme sports Source Type: news
Conflict zone: all in the line of duty
Warnings about the humanitarian crisis in Syria by a British surgeon went unheeded until millions fled and thousands died. However, the destruction, horror and danger did not prevent his bid to save lives. Tammy Lovell reports
When humanitarian disasters hit, doctors and medical staff are often first on the scene before the media and the eyes of the world cast their glare.
These people may be regarded by the public as heroes, but many of them see it as no more than their duty as medics to help the sick and injured.
One such doctor is London consultant surgeon David Nott, who has been volunteering in conflict zones ...
Source: BMA News - February 9, 2016 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
450,000 in limbo thanks to Welsh NHS crisis: A year after the Mail exposed failures, experts slam dire waiting times
In the worst cases, vital knee operations are being delayed for almost a year and a half, leaving elderly patients immobile and in agony, findings from the Royal College of Surgeons show. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - December 8, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Surgeons warn of "unacceptably long" waiting lists in Wales
A report by the Royal College of Surgeons warns that some patients in Wales are waiting more than a year for crucial operations, with the total list now reaching the size of the population of Cardiff (Source: Telegraph Health)
Source: Telegraph Health - December 7, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: cardiff royal college of surgeons knees NHS wales hips Source Type: news
Oncologist Sanjeev Kumar Joins NEA Baptist in Jonesboro (Movers & Shakers)
Dr. Sanjeev Kumar of Baptist Medical Group in Memphis is now practicing gynecologic oncology with NEA Baptist Fowler Family Center for Cancer Care in Jonesboro.
Kumar is a graduate of Panjab Government Medical College University in India and completed residencies at Mayo Medical School in Rochester, Minnesota, and Wayne State University School of Medicine in Detroit. He also completed a fellowship in gynecologic oncology at Mayo Medical School. He also completed postgraduate work at the Royal College of Surgeons of England in London.
Dr. Jeremy Harwood, a board-certified pediatrician, is now seeing patients at CHI St. Vin...
Source: Arkansas Business - Health Care - November 30, 2015 Category: American Health Source Type: news
