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SCTS praised in Sir Donald Irvine’s evidence to the Mid Staffs Public Inquiry

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... Read more

3 Jan 2012

Finance woe ‘will prompt major NHS revamp’

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... Read more

15 Dec 2011

Amazing success for the SCTS.org

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... Read more

4 Dec 2011

2011 National Thoracic Surgery Activity and Outcomes Report

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... Read more

3 Nov 2011

New NHS Board will help patients ‘shop around’ for GPs

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... Read more

31 Oct 2011

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