A senior NHS anaesthetist fell asleep in an operating theatre during surgery, a medical tribunal heard. Thomas Herbst, a 61-year old consultant, nodded off moments after he had anaesthetised a patient ...

A woman claims a “smirking” consultant “buried his head in her breasts” when she was a junior surgeon, while a patient was anaesthetised on an operating table. Almost one in three female surgeons ...

Health leaders have urged the government to provide £3 billion in extra funding ahead of the Autumn Budget, warning that ...

Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust has deployed Microsoft HoloLens 2 and Dynamics 365 Remote Assist as part of an initiative to use mixed reality in a clinical setting. Rafael Guerrero, ...

From the surgery robot in the operating theatre to the care robot that looks after you at home, robots are beginning to make their way into healthcare across the globe, and their potential to cut ...

A new clinical audit tool designed to transform how risk management strategies are identified and implemented within the operating theatre environment has been launched. The Association for ...