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	<title>Victoria Hospital Kirkcaldy &#8211; St Andrews QV</title>
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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>Newly graduated doctors join NHS Fife&#8217;s workforce</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[St Andrews Q.V.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2020 10:28:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[More than 30 graduates from medical schools across the UK have joined Fife’s medical workforce this week, after graduating early to support the response to coronavirus in the Kingdom. The latest cohort of medical staff finished their final year exams earlier this year and had their registrations accelerated to allow them to take up roles &#8230; <br /><br /><a href="http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2020/04/newly-graduated-doctors-join-nhs-fifes-workforce/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Newly graduated doctors join NHS Fife&#8217;s workforce"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>NHS Fife launches coronavirus drivethrough testing for frontline staff</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[St Andrews Q.V.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2020 13:13:17 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[NHS Fife has introduced a new drive-through testing programme for select group of health and social care workers to support the resilience of its services during the coronavirus pandemic. Like many other parts of the country, a number of health and social care workers in Fife have had to self-isolate for 14 days if a &#8230; <br /><br /><a href="http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2020/04/nhs-fife-launches-coronavirus-drivethrough-testing-for-frontline-staff/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text"> "NHS Fife launches coronavirus drivethrough testing for frontline staff"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Total knee replacement: in and out in 12 hours!</title>
		<link>http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2019/12/total-knee-replacement-in-and-out-in-12-hours/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[St Andrews Q.V.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Dec 2019 19:23:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sarah Mitchell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Total knee replacement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Victoria Hospital Kirkcaldy]]></category>
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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>Out-of-hours service chaos at Victoria Hospital</title>
		<link>http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2019/12/gp-out-of-hours-chaos-at-victoria-hospital/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[St Andrews Q.V.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Dec 2019 17:57:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[High demand and staff shortages and staff shortages led to long waits for patients using Fife’s redesigned out-of-hours GP service on Saturday night (7th December). The situation arose less than five weeks after health and social care chiefs ended a controversial 19-month contingency measure, which required all patients to travel to the Victoria Hospital overnight &#8230; <br /><br /><a href="http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2019/12/gp-out-of-hours-chaos-at-victoria-hospital/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Out-of-hours service chaos at Victoria Hospital"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>State of the art orthopaedic centre moves a step closer</title>
		<link>http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2019/11/state-of-the-art-orthopaedic-centre-moves-a-step-closer/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[St Andrews Q.V.]]></dc:creator>
		<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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		<title>Serious failings in medical training at Victoria Hospital</title>
		<link>http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2019/10/serious-failings-in-medical-training-at-victoria-hospital/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[St Andrews Q.V.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Oct 2019 20:50:53 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[In a damning report by the NHS Education for Scotland (NES) Deanery, which is responsible for managing medical training programmes, concerns were expressed about patient boarding, junior doctor rotas and handovers. The Deanery panel, which visited the hospital in March, said there had been “little improvement” since a previous visit in January 2016 and NHS &#8230; <br /><br /><a href="http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2019/10/serious-failings-in-medical-training-at-victoria-hospital/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Serious failings in medical training at Victoria Hospital"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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