These are: primary care referral; surgical outpatients; preoperative assessment; hospital admission; surgery; post-operative care; discharge. Each stage is given its own considerations, outlining the roles and responsibilities of each group of healthcare professionals. The evidence base for the ...
The NHS Modernisation Agency's guidelines, National Good Practice Guidance on Preoperative Assessment for Inpatient Surgery, are taken as the benchmark for comparison. Findings – The paper finds that 44 elective orthopaedic cases were cancelled due to medical reasons. Of these patients, 64 per cent...
The redesign resulted in almost complete preoperative and postoperative assessment by nursing staff, thus freeing medical time and allowing for more operations. Optometrists' referrals with reports increased significantly (P<0.0001). The number of operations carried out as day cases under local ...