An article was published on BBC News earlier today about a study published in the Lancet that examines the timing of heart surgeries and survival rates. The study suggested that for the best chance of survival following heart surgery, the surgery is better performed in the afternoon due to the circadian rhythms of the body. […]
“Exploring patients and families’ information needs and views of the Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery website”, a report prepared by Picker for the SCTS, is now available.
Heart Valve Voice Embarks on Awareness Raising Cycle Ride from London to the EuroPCR Conference in Paris. See press release here.
“The Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery (SCTS) wishes to extend its deepest condolences to the families of those patients who have died as a result of mycobacterium chimaera infection and those patients that have suffered ill-health after being infected. “Patient safety is of absolute importance to SCTS. The risk to patients from surgery where heater-cooler units […]
The latest LCCOP report, covering lung cancer resections preformed in the English NHS in 2014, has been published on 6th December 2016. This project is commissioned by HQIP and delivered by the National Lung Cancer Audit team with the support of the Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery. Important changes this year include some adjustment of the […]
The Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery (SCTS) has today published data for 2012-2015 from the National Adult Cardiac Surgery Audit (NACSA). This shows the survival rates, by hospital and surgeon, for patients undergoing adult cardiac surgery during this time period. All of the surgeons who took part in the audit have been found to be working […]
The Royal College of Surgeons and the Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery are strongly supportive of the commissioning standards published last year for fetal, paediatric and adult congenital heart disease. Responding to plans for heart surgery announced by NHS England today, a statement from both organisations said: “Nationwide changes to the way we care for patients […]
A spokesperson for The Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery said: ‘The Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery has long championed the principle that publication of clinical outcomes improves quality of care. Cardiothoracic surgeons were the first to endorse this and publish their results, having run a register of all major heart operations since 1977. ‘Surgeons are rightly proud […]
All of us working in the NHS need to look at and evaluate our working practices to ensure we are providing the best possible outcomes to the public we serve. Click here for a link to the full Choosing Wisely report.
The first edition of Perspectives of Cardiothoracic Surgery is now available to view online here.
