#NHS hospital doctors. For e-prescribing/ discharge letters/ notes, does your hospital have:

"More people die within 30 days of surgery annually than from all causes related to HIV, malaria, and tuberculosis combined." The central tenant of an operation or a whole surgical system should be safe surgery. Surgery is a risky process and dying after it is a disaster for

Pre-football reading for any hernia fans. These are the technologies in one of the world's most common and effective operations: academic.oup.com/bjs/article/11…

Friday reading 📒🧐 "Reframing assumptions by both the surgical community and policy makers about what surgery is and who it is for is crucial..." The Lancet Aneel Bhangu NIHR Global Surgery Dmitri Nepogodiev thelancet.com/journals/lance…

Finally our Keynote Speaker Dmitri Nepogodiev discussing taking Collaborative research to policy change

It’s been a week since my trip to 🇷🇼 GlobalSurg Hub Rwanda Here's a🧵 of lessons learned: 1) Building relationships w/communities takes time. In 2022, #communityengagementandinvolvement efforts were just starting; 2yrs later, they have a thriving #communityhealthworker training program

First look at the agenda for the Research for Greener Surgery Conference 2024: ↗️Anaesthesia ↗️Clean energy ↗️Global health ↗️Reusable textiles ↗️Waste management Registration is FREE: eventbrite.com/e/research-for… Greener NHS Uni of Birmingham

Latest data for Mexico shows that about 5.2% of people are at risk of falling into poverty if they need to pay for surgical care. This equates to over 6.7 million individuals. Improvements have been made, but much work still needed. #GlobalSurgery

Are you thinking of undertaking a systematic review? Have a look here at my 12-step guide, now published hot off the press: impact-surgery.org/index.php/pub/…

🔥Impact Surgery Highlights🔥 Incredibly, the 4th issue of Impact Surgery is already out! impact-surgery.org/index.php/pub Metrics to date: ✔️66 submission ✔️55 accepted ✔️15% rejection rate (increasing: 20% in last 60 days) ✔️Mean 5 days to first decision Issue highlights: Research

Top three articles by views at Impact Surgery 1⃣ Right iliac fossa pain (2,284 views) impact-surgery.org/index.php/pub/… 2⃣ Hernia surgery in West Africa (1,750 views) impact-surgery.org/index.php/pub/… 3⃣ Appendicitis: state of the art review (487 views) impact-surgery.org/index.php/pub/… Aneel Bhangu

I thought I'd do something different and create a personal webpage - nepogodiev.co.uk With Academic Clinical Fellow applications coming up, I've added a couple of pages about preparing for and applying for ACFs: nepogodiev.co.uk/careers Anything else useful to cover?

🧵 Thread: Calling All Healthcare Professionals in Robotic-Assisted Surgery! 1/ Exciting news! We’re launching the RoboDev Project, a groundbreaking initiative to bring together experts from around the world to advance robotic-assisted surgery. 🌍🤖