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THE CLINICAL SERVICES JOURNAL Inside this issue 32 Tackling emerging threats in infection prevention
5 Editor’s Comment Autism and healthcare: a stark reminder
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6 Cover Story:Hands Up for Learning: empowering safer healthcare
STERIS provides an insight into how it empowers safer healthcare through education and inclusive development pathways.
9 News 41 15 First impressions of the 10-Year Health Plan
Kate Woodhead RGN DMS provides her first impressions of the government’s 10-Year Health Plan. She describes the Plan as ‘ambitious’ in its goals but finds that it is rather light on implementation and delivery timelines.
19 Scaling wearables to deliver the 10-Year Health Plan
As the 10-Year Health Plan focuses on three important shifts in the way health and care is delivered, technology enabled care, wearables and remote devices will need to become an integral part of the strategy. Steve Wightman offers an insight into the challenges and opportunities ahead.
23 Authorising Engineer (MD): a vital new role
Prof. John Sandham CEng FIHEEM provides an insight into the role of Authorising Engineer (Medical Devices) and explains why this strategic imperative will enhance patient safety and organisational resilience within NHS Trusts.
28 The importance of listening to the patient experience
A physiotherapist specialising in orthopaedics, Alicia Stanton is currently Head of Service Improvement at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in Birmingham. She highlights the importance of putting patients at the centre of care delivery, using their experience and knowledge to make change happen.
THE CLINICAL SERVICES JOURNAL 37 Optimising workflows with digital technologies
Time for a revolution in
sterile services? First impressions of the 10-Year Health Plan
Authorising Engineer (MD): a vital new role
In the wake of elective surgery backlogs and workforce shortages, the imperative to optimise theatre operations has never been more urgent. To overcome systemic inefficiencies, Dries Vanbiervliet argues that healthcare providers must adopt digital tools that enable real-time visibility across theatre, endoscopy, and sterile services.
Inspiring excellence in infection prevention
The Infection Prevention Society’s Annual Conference, Infection Prevention 2025, is taking place at the Brighton Centre on the 29-30 September. In this article, CSJ looks at some of the discussion themes and innovation that will be showcased at the event.
48 Risk and revolution in endoscope cleaning
The Central Sterilising Club’s Annual Scientific Meeting explored “risk and revolution” in endoscope reprocessing and highlighted some of the innovation taking place in the sector. Louise Frampton provides an insight into some of the key discussion points.
52 The importance of correct coding for NHS payments
In light of the call for a return to activity-based payment mechanisms, Trusts must focus on one crucial area: accurately coded data. Adrian Jones explores how correct coding will be key to maximising NHS income, ensuring proper payments under future activity-based models, and facilitating crucial reforms in line with the 10-Year Health Plan.
55 Time for a revolution in sterile services?
High on the agenda at the Central Sterilising Club’s Annual Scientific Meeting was the theme of “risk and revolution”. How should we review current approaches, drive innovation, and ensure patient safety? What questions should we ask, when implementing ‘a revolution’, and what are the challenges that we need to overcome?
At the recent Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) conference, deadly fungal infections, increasing drug-resistance, and rapidly mutating viruses were all high on the agenda. Learning lessons from the past, effective diagnostics, and ensuring preparedness will be key.
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