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CONTENTS VOLUME 16 ISSUE 8 CSJ THE CLINICAL SERVICES JOURNAL FEATURES
16 Staff health and wellbeing in the NHS Prioritising staff health and wellbeing is crucial to the performance of NHS Trusts and it is now being incentivised. So have lessons been learned from high profile reviews or are staff now becoming the ‘shock absorbers’ of a system under pressure? The Clinical Services Journal reports.
23 Getting it right first time – a catalyst for change?
Technical editor Kate Woodhead RGN DMS provides an in-depth analysis of Getting it Right First Time (GIRFT) – a programme designed to improve clinical quality and efficiency within the NHS.
28 Clinical review prevents thousands of strokes
A review by Interface Clinical Services of 135,000 patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) at more than a 1,000 GP practices led to over 25,000 medical interventions, which is believed to have prevented hundreds of strokes and saved the NHS millions of pounds.
31 Connecting clinical engineering and IT
Updates and progress around medical devices and IT connectivity issues will be discussed at this year’s National Performance Advisory Group’s (NPAG) annual conference.
35 The difference between value and cost
Chris Whitehouse, chairman of the Urology Trade Association, discusses the impact of the availability of medical devices on management of continence issues affecting millions of patients across the UK.
38 New possibilities for prosthetics
A new way of harnessing the sun’s rays to power ‘synthetic skin’ could help to create advanced prosthetic limbs capable of returning the sense of touch to amputees. Dr Ravinder Dahiya, from the University of Glasgow’s School of Engineering, discusses the project.
41 3D printing: disrupting medical device design
3D printing is transforming the medical field, from surgical instruments and skeletal reconstruction, to medical devices and anatomical models.
45 Tracking initiative progressing well
Glen Hodgson, head of healthcare at GS1 UK, examines what benefits the implemention of GS1 barcodes has brought to Derby Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
49 How clean are your single use instruments?
Harry Gray, owner of Avondale Surgical UK, discusses the single use instrument market and discovers that there’s no substitute for quality over quantity.
53 Overcoming challenges in gastrointestinal nursing
Laura Dwyer, chair of the British Society of Gastroenterology’s (BSG) nursing group, and Dr Helen Griffiths, advanced nurse practitioner gastroenterology, discuss endoscopy nursing workforce issues and some of the challenges in ongoing education in gastrointestinal (GI) nursing.
56 Preventing endoscope contamination
The Why, What and How of Endoscope Decontamination took place at the Postgraduate Centre, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham. The British Society of Gastroenterology (BSG) study day was aimed at staff who undertake the day-to-day practice of endoscope decontamination.
60 Harley Street surgeon develops artificial retina
The bionic eye is no longer just a work of science fiction, thanks to the pioneering achievements of a Harley Street surgeon. The Clinical Services Journal reports on the latest innovation to restore human vision.
62 Monitoring hand hygiene to prevent infections John Hines, research and development director at skin care expert Deb, looks at the impact of hand hygiene on preventing infections in hospitals.
67 Inventory management for operating theatres
Operating theatre departments are an attractive test bed for inventory management technologies. Nicola Hall, managing director at Ingenica Solutions, explains.
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