National audit slams CNRS over poor management and planning

Sea Slams State Plan for Management

A L B A N Y — T h e S t a t e L e g i s l a t u r e h a s g i v e n i t s a p p r o v a l t o t h e n e w p e n s i o n p l a n f o r ta te e m p l o y e e s w o n l a s t M a r c h b y t h e C i v i l S e r v i c e E m p l o y e e s A s s n . i n n e g o t i a t i o n s w i t h the S t a t e A d m i i n s t r a t i o n . T h e S t a t e S e n a t e g a v e i t s s t a m p o f a p p r o v a l t...

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National audit of post-operative management in spinal surgery

BACKGROUND There is some evidence from a Cochrane review that rehabilitation following spinal surgery may be beneficial. METHODS We conducted a survey of current post-operative practice amongst spinal surgeons in the United Kingdom in 2002 to determine whether such interventions are being included routinely in the post-operative management of spinal patients. The survey included all surgeons ...

National audit of the management of peritonsillar abscess.

An anonymous postal survey of 200 consultants was used to audit the current prevalent practices in the management of quinsy in the UK; 101 responded. The findings reveal that on average an otolaryngology department treats 29 cases per year, the vast majority (94%) on an inpatient basis. The main initial treatment was needle aspiration combined with intravenous antibiotics. Interestingly, those ...

National Audit of Seizure management in Hospitals (NASH): results of the national audit of adult epilepsy in the UK

OBJECTIVES About 100,000 people present to hospitals each year in England with an epileptic seizure. How they are managed is unknown; thus, the National Audit of Seizure management in Hospitals (NASH) set out to assess prior care, management of the acute event and follow-up of these patients. This paper describes the data from the second audit conducted in 2013. SETTING 154 emergency departme...