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| Developing the Specialty Skills Project - The Royal College of Surgeons |
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Jonathan Hyde.
Surgical Editor, Speciality Programmes |
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Hidden behind the publicity smokescreen that has been the Medical Training Application Service, there has been an enormous amount of work going into educational priorities at the College, among which is the specialty skills project (SSP), an initiative undertaken by the Raven Department of Education. In the wake of STEPTM and eSTEPTM, this is another massive project with the specific goal of bringing surgical education in line with the new curriculum (www.iscp.ac.uk) and Modernising Medical Careers (MMC). It represents a complete revision of course content and a restructuring of the way in which the College will deliver educationally robust skills teaching. |
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AUGIS Position on Surgical Redundancies NHS Trusts |
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Two Consultants have become the first surgeons to lose their posts apparently due to the NHS cash crisis. Both surgeons are members of our Association and have been given three months notice by the Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS Trust as part of measures to help its £33m deficit (Daily Mail 26 June 2006). Such news that two of our surgeons have lost their posts is distressing and clearly a very personal and bitter blow to each of them and their families. Read this news announcement |
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| The Second AUGIS Database Report |
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| Association of Upper Gastrointestinal Surgeons Dendrite Clinical Systems Ltd of Great Britain and Ireland, and |
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The first national AUGIS database report was produced in 2002. It consisted of data submitted from only five sources. It is gratifying that the present report is over 70 pages and includes data from over 600 operations over a 12-month period from 19 hospitals. Although we have a long way to go, this represents a great step forward. The report provides significant information, which will be of value to surgeons, patients and all those interested in cancer care provision. |
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NICE Referral Guidelines for Suspected Cancer |
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The NICE clinical guideline on referral for suspected cancer will help general practitioners (GPs) make decisions about when to refer people to specialists when they present with symptoms that could be caused by cancer. This guideline is not about treating cancer. |
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www.nice.org.uk/page.aspx?o=261649 |
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By sending only patients with the most worrying symptoms of indigestion for checks on the gullet, cancer may be too advanced to treat, they say. Surgeons are advising doctors to ignore the National Institute for Clinical Excellence's advice and continue to refer whenever in doubt. NICE stood by its guidance, saying it took account of all available evidence. |
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