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markhenley.bsky.social @markhenley.bsky.social · 4d

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markhenley.bsky.social @markhenley.bsky.social · 9d

Woman spent 12 weeks in hospital and had to be fed through a tube following problems caused by gastric sleeve surgery in Turkey www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3608...
#medicaltourism

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markhenley.bsky.social @markhenley.bsky.social · 4d

As demand exceeds supply in the UK, too many practitioners are wielding needles and knives without the relevant skills writes @marthagill.bsky.social in @observeruk.bsky.social observer.co.uk/news/opinion... #cosmeticprocedures #cosmeticsurgery

Psychiatrists giving facelifts? Cosmetic surgery needs so...

As demand exceeds supply in the UK, too many practitioners are wielding needles and knives without the relevant skills

observer.co.uk

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markhenley.bsky.social @markhenley.bsky.social · 9d

A new study suggests that how young women engage with TikTok may shape the way they feel about their bodies and their attitudes toward cosmetic surgery www.psypost.org/tiktok-activ... #cosmeticsurgery #TikTok #socialmedia

TikTok activity linked to young women’s views on body image and cosmetic surgery

Researchers have found that TikTok activity is linked to both body appreciation and dissatisfaction among young women. The findings suggest that different types of engagement on the app may shape how ...

www.psypost.org

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markhenley.bsky.social @markhenley.bsky.social · 9d

Woman spent 12 weeks in hospital and had to be fed through a tube following problems caused by gastric sleeve surgery in Turkey www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3608...
#medicaltourism

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Confederation of British Surgery @uksurgeons.bsky.social · 12d

Health boards are turning to weekend surgeries to reduce long waits as Scotland’s plans for a network of treatment centres are delayed due to funding issues news.stv.tv/east-central... #UKsurgeons #waitingtimes

Inside NHS weekend surgery efforts to cut longest waits

Weekend operations are designed to reduce long waits for surgery - but union chiefs warn it's a 'short-term solution'.

news.stv.tv

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Confederation of British Surgery @uksurgeons.bsky.social · 11d

Kent woman Katie Mitchell has now lived the longest known time of any UK patient with a combined heart and lung transplant www.organdonation.nhs.uk/get-involved...
#UKsurgeons #transplants

Katie becomes UK’s longest ever lived combined heart and lung transplant recipient

Katie Mitchell celebrated the 38th anniversary of her transplant a few days ago and passed the previous record in the summer.

www.organdonation.nhs.uk

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markhenley.bsky.social @markhenley.bsky.social · 9d

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Confederation of British Surgery @uksurgeons.bsky.social · 9d

Pioneering surgeon Professor Chris Raine MBE - who has done so much to restore the hearing of hundreds of patients across Bradford and the North of England - has had a building renamed in his honour www.bradfordhospitals.nhs.uk/building-at-... #UKsurgeons

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Confederation of British Surgery @uksurgeons.bsky.social · 9d

A Newcastle hospital surgeon Sandip Nandhra is leading a first-of-its-kind study that could improve care for a condition that can lead to amputations or even death www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-e... #UKsurgeons

Doctor hopes trial will improve care for 'leading cause of amputations'

Mr Sandip Nandhra is a vascular surgeon hoping to improve care for those at risk of limb amputations due to a blood clot

www.chroniclelive.co.uk

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markhenley.bsky.social @markhenley.bsky.social · 12d

Glasgow clinician welcomes Scotland’s plans to regulate non-surgical cosmetic procedures but says the proposed legislation must go further to properly protect patients www.heraldscotland.com/news/2553069... #cosmeticprocedures

Scotland’s cosmetic regulation plan welcomed – but experts warn It must go further

A leading Glasgow clinician supports Scotland’s new cosmetic procedure regulations but urges stricter oversight to safeguard patient safety.

www.heraldscotland.com

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markhenley.bsky.social @markhenley.bsky.social · 15d

Remarkable stuff

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Confederation of British Surgery @uksurgeons.bsky.social · 15d

Scientists have hailed a “remarkable” discovery concerning an insect’s plant-cutting mechanism, suggesting it could revolutionise modern surgical techniques www.independent.co.uk/news/health/... #surgery

How an insect might change how surgeons operate on the human body

The sawfly’s egg-laying organ, the ovipositor, could help modern surgical techniques

www.independent.co.uk

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markhenley.bsky.social @markhenley.bsky.social · 15d

Nurses and pharmacists have been putting patients at risk by supplying Botox without proper checks, a BBC undercover investigation has found www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #botox #cosmeticprocedures

Botox: Nurses, pharmacists and bogus doctor caught breaking rules - BBC News

An undercover BBC team catch a fake doctor, a pharmacist and a nurse supplying Botox illegally without checks.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Confederation of British Surgery @uksurgeons.bsky.social · 22d

A new surgical centre, built to reduce the planned surgery backlog that built up during the pandemic, has now officially opened www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #UKsurgeons #waitinglists

Southmead Hospital opens elective surgery centre to ease backlog

The facility will help to clear the elective surgery backlog that built up during the Covid pandemic.

www.bbc.co.uk

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markhenley.bsky.social @markhenley.bsky.social · 17d

Great event with great people

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Confederation of British Surgery @uksurgeons.bsky.social · 19d

Our President @markhenley.bsky.social meeting the cream of the plastic surgery world at BAAPS 2025

markhenley.bsky.social @markhenley.bsky.social · 19d

Had a great time at the BAAPS 2025 event in London last week! Great to talk all things @uksurgeons and catch up with some top people!

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markhenley.bsky.social @markhenley.bsky.social · 17d

Please the latest @uksurgeons.bsky.social blog on the NHS 10-year plan

Confederation of British Surgery @uksurgeons.bsky.social · 17d

Will the NHS 10-year plan resolve inefficiencies and cut waiting lists, or is it simply paying lip service?

Read our latest blog www.cbsgb.co.uk/news/129/fit... #NHS

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markhenley.bsky.social @markhenley.bsky.social · 19d

Had a great time at the BAAPS 2025 event in London last week! Great to talk all things @uksurgeons and catch up with some top people!

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markhenley.bsky.social @markhenley.bsky.social · 22d

Reality TV star begins reversing her cosmetic surgery after spending over $100,000 to transform her appearance www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/artic... #cosmeticsurgery

90 Day Fiance star Larissa Lima reversing $100,000 of plastic surgery

A surgery-addicted reality star has embarked on a journey to reverse some of her procedures after spending over $100,000 to completely transform her appearance.

www.dailymail.co.uk

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markhenley.bsky.social @markhenley.bsky.social · 23d

Criminal investigations have been launched by @mhra as part of a crackdown on unlicensed Botox products, the medicines regulator said after it found untrained sellers offering treatments in bedrooms and kitchens www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/2550604... #botox #cosmeticprocedures

Criminal investigations launched as part of crackdown on unlicensed Botox

Criminal investigations have been launched as part of a crackdown on unlicensed Botox products, after untrained sellers were found offering…

www.thenorthernecho.co.uk

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Confederation of British Surgery @uksurgeons.bsky.social · Sep 17

Get 20% off the Day Case Emergency General Surgery - BADS Conference with CBS!

Thursday 4 December 2025

A joint British Association of Day Surgery & HCUK Virtual Conference

Click to book here and use the code hcuk20CBS www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/virtual-onli... or email [email protected]

Day Case Emergency General Surgery - BADS conference

A Joint British Association of Day Surgery & HCUK Virtual Conference on Day Case Emergency General Surgery

www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk

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Confederation of British Surgery @uksurgeons.bsky.social · 23d

Patients having planned surgery at University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust (UHNM) will soon benefit from a new programme designed to speed up recovery, reduce complications and help them get home sooner www.uhnm.nhs.uk/latest-uhnm-... #UKsurgeons

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markhenley.bsky.social @markhenley.bsky.social · 24d

Please read the @uksurgeons.bsky.social statement on James Gilbert

Confederation of British Surgery @uksurgeons.bsky.social · 24d

CBS STATEMENT ON JAMES GILBERT

Oxford surgeon James Gilbert is eligible to return to work this month after serving only a one-year suspension for sexually harassing female colleagues over a period of 13 years.

His case echoes concerning findings.

Our statement www.cbsgb.co.uk/news/128/cbs...

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Confederation of British Surgery @uksurgeons.bsky.social · 24d

CBS STATEMENT ON JAMES GILBERT

Oxford surgeon James Gilbert is eligible to return to work this month after serving only a one-year suspension for sexually harassing female colleagues over a period of 13 years.

His case echoes concerning findings.

Our statement www.cbsgb.co.uk/news/128/cbs...

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