The Western Trust did not consider the needs of patients’ families in their decision to permanently move emergency general ...

A proposal to consult on the permanent removal of surgical services from the South West Acute Hospital (Swah) has been agreed ...

One local health group in the UK is adopting a policy that delays or denies routine surgery indefinitely to patients who smoke or are obese. CNN values your feedback 1.

Global medical technology company Smith+Nephew has collaborated with Standard Health to help establish the UK's first orthopaedic ambulatory surgery centre (ASC). Located in Poole, Dorset, the ...

The Northern Health Trust is reviewing how it delivers general surgery across its hospital sites. General surgery incorporates two strands - emergency general surgery, focusing on complicated ...

Which ones you have, depends on what surgery you need as well as your general fitness. You might have a: local anaesthetic to numb a small area; ... Cancer Research UK is a registered charity in ...

How general anaesthetics may be related to short-term changes in thinking and memory has also been investigated. One study found that some types of anaesthesia may lead to faster recovery from ...

What happens after your surgery depends on the type of anaesthetic and operation you had. It also depends on your general health and how well you recover. After an anaesthetic. You have an anaesthetic ...