Chevonne Brady

Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust | Royal Free · Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Introduction The post-operative monitoring of free-flaps can be a challenge, particularly for junior staff on-call and in patients with darker or mottled skin. We present a case employing paediatric pulse oximetry to monitor a free flap where clinical assessment was challenging, illustrating its value as an adjunct to existing techniques such as do...

Background: Aesthetic rhinoplasty is one of the most challenging procedures performed by aesthetic surgeons. Tip droop, especially on smiling, may not be noted by the surgeon postoperatively but can be concerning to patients. Our aim was to determine if the division of the depressor septi nasi or its combination with a columellar strut graft durin...

Introduction: Workforce planning is an essential component of organizing any health service. Centralization of burns services pools expertise, although trainees can struggle to achieve adequate exposure to burns training. We aim to review current staffing levels and predict the future consultant numbers required for UK services to remain staffed w...

As a junior doctor in what is an increasingly struggling healthcare system, I am concerned to see that many of my junior and senior colleagues have opted not to continue onto the next stage of training. Whilst entrepreneurship, leadership and management are now accepted as important skills for doctors to be exposed to, this is clearly not filtering...

Anticipating future changes in workforce is an essential component of organising any health service. Factors such as changing retirement age, maternity and parental leave, reorganisation of services and population change all impact on the number of staff required to provide a safe and effective service. The UK burns networks provide both emergency...