The Society wishes to improve information, which has become very important in a rapidly changing world. Surgeons wish to know what is happening in the Whitehall and in other centres, trainees wish to know about courses and jobs, allied healthcare professionals need to know what is the future of the speciality.
Furthermore, the Society feels that the contribution of the industry to our profession has been undervalued for years. Without advanced technology and the industry to support research and distribute highly specialized products, our speciality would not have achieved the current level of excellence. The Society wishes to promote the information from the industry on products that may offer new or better treatment to our patients.
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The Public Inquiry into the events at Mid-Staffordshire NHS Foundation, chaired by Robert Francis QC, has now completed questioning witnesses. This Inquiry followed concerns about standards of care at the Trust, confirmed in an investigation published by the Healthcare Commission in March 2009 and...
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By Nick Triggle, Health correspondent, BBC News. Financial difficulties will force NHS services in England to undergo major reorganisations which could hit the poorest the hardest, MPs say. The Public Accounts Committee said for hospitals this could mean services being closed or whole units merged....
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The website of the Society (SCTS.org) has welcome thousands of visitors within the first 2 months of its life. The most visited sector was that of the ‘Thoracic blue book 2011’. There was a stunning 14,444 visitors within 30 days, bringing the number of visitors per day up to the...
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PRESS RELEASE: Huge increase in lung cancer surgery but still some way to go, says new audit
The number of lung cancer patients benefiting from life-saving surgery has shot up by 60 per cent while the operative mortality rate has halved in recent years as a new generation of specialist lung...
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Jane Dreaper Health correspondent for BBC News reported:
The new NHS Commissioning Board, which is at the heart of the government's controversial NHS reforms in England, is due to start work. The board, which will at first operate in a shadow form, will aim to help patients "shop around"...
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