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NHS and independent sector partnership aims to reduce surgery wait times
The NHS has entered a new partnership with the independent sector to address the backlog of patients awaiting operations and ...
Elective surgery target missed as nearly one-third of patients overdue
The ACT health system narrowly missed its elective surgery target as the latest data has shown nearly one-third of patients ...
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Shreveport mayor expected to have elective surgery, council chair to serve as mayor pro temp
Shreveport Mayor Tom Arceneaux is expected to undergo elective hip replacement surgery on Friday. According to a news release ...
More than Ozempic, American health care needs a lifestyle revolution
Imagine being one of the millions of Americans in need of a hip or knee replacement due to osteoarthritis. Severe pain, ...
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GLP-1s: The Key to Meet BMI Cutoff for Orthopedic Surgery?
Surgeons are collaborating with obesity medicine physicians, turning to GLP-1s to help high BMI patients qualify for surgery.
NHS patients travel hundreds of miles for surgery
The NHS Constitution states that patients who have been waiting more than 18 weeks have the right to request or be offered ...
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Weight-loss surgery patient died after hospital ‘failures’ during junior doctors’ strike
A weight-loss surgery patient has died due to a series of "failures" by a hospital to treat complications that arose from a ...
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Mayor Arceneaux to undergo hip surgery Friday
SHREVEPORT, La. - Shreveport Mayor Tom Arceneaux will have an elective hip replacement surgery tomorrow. The mayor's office ...
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Shreveport mayor expected to have elective surgery, council chair to serve as mayor pro temp
Shreveport Mayor Tom Arceneaux is expected to undergo elective hip replacement surgery on Friday. According to a news release from Communications Director Leigh-Anne Evensky, the mayor has ...