Surgeons use virtual surgery to reconstruct patient’s jaw
The 12-hour procedure was pre-planned by performing “virtual surgery” on a 3D model, before leg bone was used to recreate the patient’s jaw.
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Birmingham digital GP centre rated ‘Outstanding’ by the CQC
The virtual centre allows patients to book telephone and video consultations with a GP, nurse practitioner or prescribing pharmacist seven days a week.
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Bolton introduces ‘virtual’ eye clinics to slash appointment times
The Royal Bolton Hospital in Greater Manchester has launched ‘virtual’ eye clinics to cut the time it takes for patients to undergo important eye tests.
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Going virtual – how Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust revolutionised their fracture clinic
NHS Fracture Clinics in the U.K. are notoriously busy. At Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust, it is no different. The service is led by a team of consultants with a team of registered nurses, healthcare assistants, plaster technicians and clerical staff, often treating thousands of patients every year who have visited A&E with a suspected fracture.
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Trustedoctor allows brain tumour patients access to world leading doctors
Trustedoctor launches world-wide allowing cancer patients to find and be treated by the very best cancer doctors in their field.
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Highlands pilot virtual diabetes clinics
Birmingham tenders for 3D ‘wayfinder’
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust has put out a tender for a 3D virtual reality system for its new hospital.
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Second Life gets real
Imperial College London is doing ground-breaking work with the NHS in the virtual world, Second Life. Sarah Bruce reports.
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‘Virtual tea room’ pilot announced
The TRIL Centre is to operate a social networking pilot to encourage older people who are house bound or socially isolated to engage in social activity.
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World’s first virtual heart produced
HeartWorks virtual heart demo Three London-based cardio anaesthetists have developed the world’s first virtual heart, providing a breakthrough in the way cardiothoracic anaesthetists are trained. The virtual heart, known as HeartWorks, is a realistic computer generated model of the heart and an echocardiology simulator. By using it, medical students will be able to practice peri-operative […]
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