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THE CLINICAL SERVICES JOURNAL Inside this issue
5 Editor’s Comment Raising awareness on World Hand Hygiene Day 2026
6 Cover Story: Connect once,
reprocess safely, every time… Hospitals are facing rising endoscopy volumes, tightening regulation and a workforce under pressure. The SteelcoBelimed EW1 S Maxi, at the heart of iM Med SteelcoBelimed’s integrated decontamination approach, is helping Trusts deliver consistent, auditable, safer outcomes.
9 News 15 Transforming the NHS using technology
Kate Woodhead RGN DMS examines the Government’s ambitions for technology in the NHS, how it will shape the future of care for patients, and the potential challenges that must be overcome.
19 How satisfied are patients with the NHS?
The King’s Fund and the Nuffield Trust have analysed the latest data on the public’s attitudes to the NHS. Despite a rise in public satisfaction, frustrations remain.
22 Making organ donation expected
Dr. Gail Miflin OBE and Professor John Forsythe OBE, Co-Chairs of the Organ Donation Joint Working Group, call for a bolder, braver approach for organ donation in the UK. They argue that the next step change in organ donation will not come from public awareness and policy alone, but from renewed clinical leadership.
26 Preventing phantom limb pain
Patients who have undergone limb amputations will no longer have to suffer with chronic and debilitating pain, thanks to an early intervention surgical technique that takes just 15 minutes and requires no specialist equipment.
29 Confronting CPE: the need for rapid diagnostics
Dr. Devasena Gnanashanmugam discusses the rising rate of Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales (CPE) infections and the urgent need for strategic screening and rapid diagnostics.
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35 Underinvestment in training creates systemic risk
In this article, Tony Sullivan argues that underinvestment in sterile services training is one of the most overlooked contributors to patient safety risk across UK healthcare. This department’s deceptive lack of visibility risks costing the system far more than slashing its training budget will save, he argues.
40 Transforming diagnostic delivery with POCT
Preventing phantom limb pain
Delivering the intelligent hospital in the NHP era Making organ donation expected
Graham Johnson argues that although conventional invasive procedures (such as endoscopy) will remain an indispensable component of care, their limited presence in community diagnostic centres and lengthy waiting times underscores the need for alternative strategies that are both clinically sound and operationally sustainable.
44 Clinical engineers: gatekeepers of the NHP?
Equipping the New Hospital Programme (NHP) will demand influential leadership from the clinical engineering sector. The EBME Leaders Network recently gathered to discuss how we can bridge the gap between ‘Hospital 2.0’ and ‘the Intelligent Hospital of the Future’. They identified the challenges ahead and pitfalls to avoid.
50 Delivering the intelligent hospital in the NHP era
As the NHS advances its ambitious New Hospital Programme (NHP), attention is increasingly turning from construction timelines to a more complex question: how will these new and refurbished facilities function in practice?
53 Driving collaboration across surgical services
The National Performance Advisory Group (NPAG) will once again bring together senior NHS leaders, theatre managers, sterile services professionals and industry specialists for its annual Theatres & Decontamination Conference, taking place on 19 May 2026 at the Radisson Blu Hotel, Stansted Airport.
56 The AI revolution: from promise to practice
Recent research from System C involving nearly 300 health and social care professionals reveals a striking consensus: over 93% of healthcare workers believe that well-designed AI will help them provide better care. Dr. Jon Shaw provides an insight into the key challenges and issues.
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