Safe Neurosurgery 2000 (1999) defines the minimum facilities and requirements for safe neurosurgical practice within the UK and Ireland
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British Neurosurgical Workforce Plan 2000 - 2015 (2000) predicts neurosurgical workforce requirements up to 2015:
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Safe Paediatric Neurosurgery 2001 (2001) defines the minimum facilities and requirements for safe neurosurgical practice within the UK and Ireland
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Stereotactic Radiosurgery (2001) outlines the place of radiosurgery in the treatment of neurosurgical pathologies
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Standards for Patients requiring Neurosurgical Care (2002) defines the minimum neurosurgical standards of care
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Team Working (2002) is the SBNS response to the GMC's request for consultants to practice in teams
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Medical Negligence (2002) discusses the role of the expert witness and other aspects of medical negligence
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ISAT and Neurovascular Services in UK (2003) defines the resources required and guidelines on the structure of neurovascular services
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Wrong Site Surgery (2005) includes guidelines on avoiding operations on the wrong side, the wrong site or doing the wrong operation at the correct site
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The National patient safety alert document may also be downloaded here
Consensus Conference on Neurovascular Services (2004) A meeting to discuss the impact of endovascular treatments of subarachnoid haemorrhage due to aneurysmal rupture on established surgical treatments was held at the Royal College of Surgeons of England in London on 7th October 2004.
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