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5 Editor’s Comment The need for investment in the nursing workforce
6 Cover Story:New fast-track operating theatres at Addenbrooke’s
AfPP and EBME Expo previews
9 News
Greening the surgical process: key strategies Saving lives through ultrasound screening
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53 Why clinical homecare could be a solution for the NHS Chris Carver, board member of the National Clinical Homecare Association (NCHA), suggests that clinical homecare could provide a long-term solution to some of the challenges faced by the NHS. He highlights the findings of a new report.
15 Greening the surgical process: key strategies
Kate Woodhead RGN DMS discusses some of the strategies that could help operating theatre teams to reduce their impact on the environment and to maximise their contribution towards achieving the NHS’s Net Zero target.
19 Advancing medical equipment knowledge
The EBME Expo is returning to The Coventry Building Society Arena on 26- 27 June 2024. This large indoor arena is ready to welcome more delegates, and a wider variety of innovative and internationally respected companies in the exhibition hall. The Chair of the EBME Expo, John Sandham discusses the 2024 programme.
28 Engineers vital to deliver NHS Net Zero ambition
The NHS is responsible for 4% of England’s carbon emissions and NHS England has pledged to achieve Net Zero by 2045 with Scotland and Wales setting similar targets. The Institution of Mechanical Engineers has published a report highlighting the fact that engineers are essential at every level of healthcare to achieve this ambition.
32 Navigating regulation in a post-Brexit era
It feels like a lifetime ago since the UK’s referendum on European Union (EU) membership in June 2016, with the UK exiting in January 2020. But what does that mean if you are looking to bring an innovative device to the UK market?
39 Why apprenticeships must be part of the workforce plan
Apprenticeships are not only the missing piece of the puzzle to reduce staff shortages and treatment waiting times, but they can also promote diversity, says Professor Lynne Gell, Dean of the School of Nursing, at BPP.
43 Celebrating 60 Years of Safer Surgery
2024 is a huge year for The Association of Perioperative Practice (AfPP) as they celebrate their 60th anniversary. To mark the organisation’s long history of supporting best practice and education, a programme of events will be taking place across the country.
49 Saving lives through ultrasound screening
Lives are saved every year in Scotland as a result of a major screening programme using advanced ultrasound imaging. CSJ provides an insight
57 HealthTech: empowering clinicians and patients
Fiona Kirk, a former nurse and now a clinical consultant for Ascom, explores how technology is not only enabling better health outcomes, slicker clinical processes and supporting clinicians, it’s also empowering patients to take greater ownership of their health and wellbeing.
61 Driving improvement in environmental hygiene
Investment in infection prevention training and development for all staff groups is vital to drive improvement in environmental hygiene, says Yvonne Spencer. However, training is just one strand of a holistic IPC strategy – creating the right cleaning culture in the healthcare setting is just as important.
65 Endoscopes: pre-clean the unseen
Kerry Dolan provides an insight into the problem of biofilms and discusses why endoscope pre-cleaning is crucial for patient safety.
69 Role of AI in tackling sepsis and AMR
Dr. Mark Gostock and Dr. Iain Miller discuss the potential for artificial intelligence and machine learning technology to support early diagnosis of sepsis and reduce antimicrobial resistance.
72 More than one billion people living with obesity
The total number of children, adolescents and adults worldwide living with obesity has surpassed one billion, according to a global analysis published in The Lancet. These trends, together with the declining prevalence of people who are underweight since 1990, make obesity the most common form of malnutrition in most countries.
77 Role of technology in optimising medication
Gary Mooney discusses the role of technology in driving safety improvements in medication management, as well as the personalisation of therapies through pharmacogenomics.
83 AMR: preventing the next pandemic
An ever-increasing range of infections caused by bacteria, parasites, viruses and fungi are no longer susceptible to the common medicines used to treat them. Simon Aylen discusses the challenges of antimicrobial resistance and the strategies we can employ to contain this global threat.
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