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Confederation of British Surgery @uksurgeons.bsky.social · 6d

Excellent if concerning read

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markhenley.bsky.social @markhenley.bsky.social · 6d

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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Confederation of British Surgery @uksurgeons.bsky.social · 6d

Children’s cardiac surgery has been revolutionised by the development of 3D-printed models of patients’ hearts, according to Southampton Consultant Congenital Cardiac Surgeon Nicola Viola www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#UKsurgeons #3Dprinting #heartsurgery

3D heart models revolutionise ops, Southampton surgeon says - BBC News

A hospital celebrates the creation of more than 100 heart replicas to help with operations.

www.bbc.co.uk

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markhenley.bsky.social @markhenley.bsky.social · 11d

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 · 11d

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

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 · 13d

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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Confederation of British Surgery @uksurgeons.bsky.social · 14d

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 · 17d

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

Shocking case

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

Thanks for sharing Mark

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markhenley.bsky.social @markhenley.bsky.social · 26d

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

Confederation of British Surgery @uksurgeons.bsky.social · 26d

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 · 19d

Fantastic event

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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 · 19d

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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Confederation of British Surgery @uksurgeons.bsky.social · 20d

Patients are benefiting from quicker recoveries with more operations now being assisted by a state-of-the-art surgical robot at the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH)
www.sath.nhs.uk/news/hospita...
#UKsurgeons #roboticsurgery

Hospital Trust using more robotic surgery to help transform care for patients

3 October 2025 Patients are benefiting from quicker recoveries with more operations now being assisted by a state-of-the-art surgical robot at the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH). T...

www.sath.nhs.uk

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Confederation of British Surgery @uksurgeons.bsky.social · 21d

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

markhenley.bsky.social @markhenley.bsky.social · 21d

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 · 21d

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

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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Confederation of British Surgery @uksurgeons.bsky.social · 25d

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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Confederation of British Surgery @uksurgeons.bsky.social · 26d

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 · 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 · Sep 17

A UK surgeon has lost a claim that he is entitled to the patent for a blood-flow monitoring device.

www.mlex.com/mlex/article... #UKsurgeons

UK surgeon fails in claim for patent as blood monitor inventor | MLex | Specialist news and analysis on legal risk and regulation

A UK surgeon has lost a claim that he is entitled to the patent for a blood-flow monitoring device. The Intellectual Property Office found that Ali Kordzadeh’s initial proposal and subsequent contribu...

www.mlex.com

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markhenley.bsky.social @markhenley.bsky.social · Sep 4

Great article on gender discrimination in UK surgery

Confederation of British Surgery @uksurgeons.bsky.social · Sep 4

CBS Vice President Ruth Waters has co-authored a paper on systemic gender discrimination in UK surgery which has featured in this month’s The Bulletin of The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

Read feature from page 298 here publishing.rcseng.ac.uk/doi/epdf/10.... #UKsurgeons @rcsed.bsky.social

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markhenley.bsky.social @markhenley.bsky.social · Sep 8

Teen who had controversial surgery to grow 13 inches reveals what she looks like now www.dailymail.co.uk/health/artic... #cosmeticsurgery #leglengthening

Teen who had surgery to grow 13 inches reveals what she looks like now

The 31-year-old from Maryland was born with achondroplasia, a genetic condition that most commonly results in short stature.

www.dailymail.co.uk

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