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• CENTENNIAL, Colo., Oct. 31, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- AlloSource® , one of the United States leading innovators and manufacturers of cartilage for joint preservation, today announced the first patient implantation of ProChondrix® CR Cryopreserved Osteochondral Allograft in a United Kingdom (UK) independent evaluation.
• The procedure was conducted by Dr. Nick Smith, D.O., a knee specialist orthopedic surgeon with University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire, NHS Trust.
• "The operation went very well and the patient was discharged the same day with very little postoperative discomfort," said Dr. Nick Smith.
• The purpose of the UK evaluation is to assess the clinical outcomes and complications of patients undergoing cartilage surgery using ProChondrix CR as part of standard clinical care without a comparator group.

• The two companies have teamed up to deliver a best-in-class clinical asset management and security solution to healthcare organizations throughout the UK.
• Ordr announced it has partnered with the UK's leading medical device asset management provider Integra e-Quip.
• Ordr's AI-powered platform automatically discovers and classifies all devices connecting to a network, including IoMT (Internet of Medical Things) devices.
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• Two medical consultants, Dr Stephen Brearey and Dr Ravi Jayaram, both raised concerns about unexplained infant deaths as early as July 2015.
• Common sense would dictate that if a senior doctor raised concerns with managers, even informally, it would be taken seriously.
• This highlights an urgent need to change the structure of the NHS to ensure managers and executives are held to account for the decisions they make.

Refusal to act

• In hospitals such as the Countess of Chester, most routine decisions are made by middle management.
• Brearey and Jayaram suggested that executives were attempting to minimise any reputational damage to the unit and, by extension, the hospital.
• The decisions of hospital executives will be investigated as part of a public inquiry.

Freedom to Speak Up

• This is what led to the Freedom to Speak Up review, which investigated how organisations dealt with concerns raised by NHS staff.
• The results of the report led to the Freedom to Speak Up policy, which provides guidance for NHS staff on how they can raise patient safety concerns.
• A Freedom to Speak Up Guardian is also now present in every NHS Trust to ensure issues raised are responded to.
• Even with the Freedom to Speak Up Policy, the British Medical Association reports that staff are still being victimised for raising concerns.
• Clearly, the policy needs to be improved and legislation passed that would protect staff from dismissal if they do speak up.

• ALPHARETTA, Ga., June 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Avanos Medical supports the announcement today from the UK's National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) recommending the use of radiofrequency ablation (RFA) for the treatment of osteoarthritic knee pain.
• The radiofrequency energy can be delivered as conventional radiofrequency, cooled radiofrequency or pulsed radiofrequency.
• "We are extremely pleased with today's interventional procedure recommendation by NICE," commented Dieter Krines, Avanos Vice President & General Manager, Europe.
• I hope this will now help to increase awareness of this innovative therapy leading to improved outcomes for many more patients."