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5 Editor’s Comment NHS England is to be abolished. Will it mean a leaner NHS or will it be a distraction?
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6 Cover Story: Consensus guidelines on glove use
‘Consensus Guidelines for Best Practices in the Selection and Use of Examination Gloves in Healthcare Settings’ have been developed by leading IPC associations in Portugal.
9 News A round-up of the top stories in healthcare
15 Moving healthcare away from hospitals
Kate Woodhead RGN DMS discusses the opportunities and challenges associated with the vision of moving healthcare away from hospitals and into the community. She highlights some of the schemes that are already in place and outlines some of the main considerations.
20 Neurodiversity awareness in operating theatres
Dora Bilan examines aspects of intraoperative communication – specifically focusing on the contribution and expertise of neurodiverse individuals, and analysing the surgical team behaviour.
24 New AfPP President aims to drive ‘positive change’
Oliver Tierney, the new President of The Association for Perioperative Practice (AfPP); the UK’s leading membership organisation dedicated to hospital theatre practitioners and improving perioperative care, has stepped into the role with a clear vision: to influence positive change in healthcare and safety in hospital operating theatres for staff and patients.
27 Identifying, protecting and containing infection
This April, Knowlex is hosting four essential conferences dedicated to advancing healthcare through infection prevention, patient safety, and innovation. Taking place over two days at the National Conference Centre in Birmingham, these events will bring together leading experts, groundbreaking research, and the latest advancements to address key challenges in infection control, sepsis management, mental health infection prevention, and decontamination and sterilisation.
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Identifying, protecting and containing infection
Neurodiversity awareness in operating theatres
The new UK Procurement Bill: is the NHS ready?
37 Tackling the backlog in diagnostics
Jennifer Moncur, National Lead for Diagnostic Imaging at Nuffield Health, provides an insight into the organisation’s £200m collaboration with GE HealthCare, which aims to expand diagnostic capacity through access to innovative, AI-driven technologies.
40 Harnessing the power of Scan4Safety
The GS1 UK Healthcare Conference 2025 is leading the charge for a safer, smarter and more connected health service. The Clinical Services Journal provides an insight into this year’s hot topics at the conference, the keynote speakers and the progress that has been achieved across UK Trusts.
44 The new UK Procurement Bill: is the NHS ready?
A key objective of the new UK Procurement Bill is to promote transparency, competition and sustainable procurement. Mark Roberts, UK Public Sector Director at Jaggaer, outlines what the bill will mean for the NHS and provides an overview of the key challenges ahead.
48 Transforming NHS operating theatres
Scotland’s First Minister John Swinney pledged that “better use of data will ensure that more operating theatres are working at maximum capacity.” . Aligned with that ambition, there has been a surge of exciting breakthroughs taking place across NHS Scotland. Executive Chair of InnoScot Health, Graham Watson offers an insight into the innovation taking place to transform NHS operating theatres for a smarter, more efficient healthcare future.
51 Decontamination & Sterilisation SPECIAL
This special edition, focused on decontamination and sterilisation, aims to bring you a wealth of educational content that will add to your understanding of the many aspects of this vital sector.
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Size matters: quality control for surgical instruments
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