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		<title>First Minister Officially Opens Fife National Treatment Centre</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Mar 2023 21:10:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In what was her last public engagement, outgoing First Minister, Rt Hon Nicola Sturgeon MSP, was welcomed to Fife last week (25th March) to officially open the new Fife Orthopaedic National Treatment Centre. The Fife Orthopaedic National Treatment Centre (NTC) will provide additional capacity for more than 700 orthopaedic procedures a year including hip and &#8230; <br /><br /><a href="http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2023/03/first-minister-officially-opens-fife-national-treatment-centre/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text"> "First Minister Officially Opens Fife National Treatment Centre"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Fife Orthopaedic Centre topped out</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2022 21:32:17 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[An important milestone has been reached in the construction of the new elective orthopaedic centre at the Victoria Hospital, with a topping out ceremony marking the completion of the highest point of the build. Work commenced on the construction in March 2021, with the facility forming part of the network of National Treatment Centres across &#8230; <br /><br /><a href="http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2022/04/fife-orthopaedic-centre-topped-out/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Fife Orthopaedic Centre topped out"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Total knee replacement: in and out in 12 hours!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Dec 2019 19:23:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[NHS Fife has become the first health board in Scotland to perform a successful total knee replacement with the patient, 60 year old Craig Buchanan from Lochgelly, admitted and discharged within 12 hours following successful surgery. The average length of hospital stay for a knee replacement in NHS Fife is approximately three days; however, day-case &#8230; <br /><br /><a href="http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2019/12/total-knee-replacement-in-and-out-in-12-hours/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Total knee replacement: in and out in 12 hours!"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>State of the art orthopaedic centre moves a step closer</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Nov 2019 19:55:02 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Fife Health Board approved the business case for a £33 million orthopaedic centre in Kirkcaldy when it met this week and the proposal has now been sent to the Scottish Government for approval. The centre will serve patients in need of elective procedures such as hip and knee replacements Fife’s orthopaedic theatres are running at &#8230; <br /><br /><a href="http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2019/11/state-of-the-art-orthopaedic-centre-moves-a-step-closer/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text"> "State of the art orthopaedic centre moves a step closer"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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