Pre-operative Assessment Improving the surgical pathway
Who we are
Outpatient Surgical Clinic Pre-Operative Assessment Clinic Further investigations “Prehabilitation” Patient Optimisation Declared fit for surgery Surgery Booked Operation (On the day review by surgeon / anaesthetist)
The situation Target Our performance 80% of patients seen within 2 weeks (inpatient surgery) 80% of patients seen within 1 week (daycase) Our performance In patient surgery 57% Day case surgery 51%
Approach Assess the Problem Proposal Barriers to Change Iterations
So what happened? What do the patients think?
Learning Points
anupamsharma@nhs.net Dr Anupam Sharma ST6 Anaesthetist / Former FLP Fellow (Quality Improvement)