New COVIDSurg analysis of England's elective procedure backlog published in The Lancet. On 31 Dec 2022 the backlog was 4.5 million procedures. 49% of the need is in 15-59 year olds - this has implications for people's ability to fulfil work and care roles. 1/3

🔥NHS waiting list for diagnostics and surgery: here to stay?🔥 Dmitri Nepogodiev new expert modelling analysis, presented yesterday and abstract published in the The Lancet 5 Highlights: ⚠️80% of the backlog is hidden and not recorded in official numbers - communities are in need.

Exciting updates from the GECKO Study 🙌

🚨 Update on @UoB_IAHR NIHR Global Surgery GECKO Study 🚨 GECKO Study is a prospective cohort study from NIHR Global Surgery launched in August 2023 As the year comes to a close, the study has recruited almost 42k patients across 1150 🏥 from 107 🌏 Truly collaborative and a tweetorial 🧵

Wishing you all a Happy New Year 🎉🥂 GECKO Study’s success is a testament to the teamwork and collaboration of this 🌍 network. We’re so grateful for your dedication and efforts 🥹 Here's to a year of shared triumphs! May we continue taking GECKO Study further 🦎💪

📢 GECKO Study collaborators ⚠️ Database closes January 1️⃣5️⃣ at 23:59 BST ⏱️ Now is the time to finish uploading all the data you’ve worked so hard to collect 💪 Make sure all records are complete ✅ Your contributions matter! This is the moment to ensure they count 🤩

Another milestone for the NIHR Global Surgery GECKO Study hitting >50k patient records 🚨 DATA LOCK Today🚨 Next steps ✍️ Validation 🍀 Data Analysis 📜 1st manuscript 🔢 Centre data feedback Massive effort all round - collabs & national lead collage coming! IHPBA NIHR Global Health

What a fantastic research day it's been for the NIHR Global Surgery GlobalSurg GECKO Study We delivered 2x webinar for national & hospital leads including >150 attendees Lots of discussion around: 🍀 Data validation 🍀 1-year FU 🍀 Data analysis & key papers 🍀 Visions - inc. RCT

Promising updates from the GECKO Study 🤩

Great week for GECKO Study presenting at RACSurgeons! Coming up next 👉 Join us at IHPBA as we discuss findings & experience from our study! Take advantage of this opportunity to dive into collaborative research! Find the dates and times of GECKO Study's sessions 👇

Great sharing of experience of the collaborative research across the NIHR Global Surgery over the past decade by Prof Ewen Harrison Sharing some early experience from the GECKO Study

this is one of the biggest studies on inguinal hernia in the last 20 years. A common problem that affects working age people globally. Here, we took a whole systems approach to show how these can be fixed quickly through simple surgery, with clear economic gains and the avoidance

Fantastic collaboration - one of the largest scientific collaborations 🌍 Honoured to have presence from diverse audience, ministers NIHR Global Health National Institute for Health and Care Research

Panel discussion across several key themes for NIHR Global Surgery The Lancet Side Events 🔥Discourse between health systems in different countries 🚨scaling safe surgical care in first referral centres 🍀global scaling equitable care through integrated approach through better

Fantastic few days at the World Health Organization (WHO) #WHA77 discussing health systems strengthening through surgery with NIHR Global Surgery The Lancet Key themes include: 🍀Expansion of first referral sites 🔥improving global cancer care 🚨Safe, scaling of technologies 🍀Energy security in healthcare

Almost 1-month into the 1-year follow-up period and what a successful journey this has been! We thank all our GECKO 🦎 collaborators across the world 🌍, that have been supported by our stellar National Leads 🤩

Are you uploading phase II data? Check out this figure on the follow-up details for the bile duct injury and gallbladder cancer fields 🤓

To kick off September, join us this TUESDAY for the 1️⃣st Drop in Session 🤓 🕛 12 pm or 🕔 5 pm - we’ll be there to answer any questions you might have on this final stage of the #GECKOStudy 🦎

All over the 🌍 & for >1 year, we have been working together! Huge congratulations to everyone for all the hard work - it's your dedication that's driving this study's success. The FINAL DEADLINE for data lock is approaching! Let's finish strong and make this impact count 💪

We’re almost there 😱 Be sure to fill in all the follow-up data before Jan 1️⃣5️⃣ to ensure maximum completeness within your center! 💪