...Alexandra Khoury; Mark Jones; Christopher Buckle; Mark Williamson; Guy Slater Purpose Weekend surgery carries higher mortality than weekday surgery, with complications most commonly arising within the first 48 hours. There is a reduced ability to identify complications at the weekend, with early...

... Publishing Limited 2018 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Clinical governance Organizational learning Continuous quality improvement Surgery Surveillance or screening Healthcare-associated infections Surgical site infection (SSI) is a common and universal...

... percent, with the rate two years later being 62.7 percent. Originality/value This work is of interest to those working in primary care, gastroenterology, general surgery, or if interested in designing standard work. Pamela Schlauderaff can be contacted at: pschlauderaff@masongeneral.com ©...

... recorded for ongoing education. Anisha Sukha can be contacted at: anishasukha@doctors.org.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2015 Outcomes Clinical governance Surgery Clinical audit Morbidity and mortality Safety and/or clinical risk management Surgical complications lead...

... Group Publishing Limited 2015 Clinical governance Patient safety Surgery Handover Clincal audit The implementation of the New Deal and European Working Time Directive (EWTD) has created a change in the working patterns of the medical workforce in the UK. The EWTD was adopted in 1993...

... dependency to the normal ward environment (Knight, 2003). In surgery it has been effectively utilised for patients undergoing day-case laparoscopic surgery, where it has been shown to significantly improve the rate of discharge without increasing re-admissions or the need to seek care within the community...

..., undergoing a tonsillectomy, were enrolled. Parents completed a paediatric throat disorders outcome (PTDO) test prior to their child's surgery and then six months post‐operatively. Results were analysed using the Mann‐Whitney U test. The power of the study was 0.8 to detect a difference of 10 in a total score...

... Hospital aimed to minimise waiting times for surgery thereby reducing incarceration and complication rates. This paper aims to examine how this was done. Design/methodology/approach Bristol Children's Hospital provides local and regional (tertiary referral) services. Retrospective audit of waiting...

... in a patient presenting to hospital with acute appendicitis have been characterised. Patients with acute appendicitis can be safely assessed at one hospital‐site and transferred to another with emergency surgery provision without affecting the delay to operation. Stephen Thomas Ward can be contacted...

... © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Patients Health and safety Clinical audit Surgery An articulate, influential and affluent individual, newly diagnosed with cancer, contacts a senior academic surgeon in a high management position to enquire about the relative merits of two...

... additional days in hospital and 55 (20.2 per cent) patients had additional surgery (seven returned to theatre during their admission for the procedure). AEs involving a disability that resolved within 12 months occurred for 91.2 per cent, 6.3 per cent had permanent disability, and 2.5 per cent resulted...

.... 1) , p. 36 . Medical Defence Union (2001), The MDU's Guide to Consent to Treatment , MDU Services , London . Sharma , P. , Arya , A. and Singh , S. (2003), “ Informed consent for orthopaedic surgery: a prospective audit ”, Clinical Governance: An International...

... and improves compliance with agreed protocols in health care intervention procedures. Surgery Patient care Antibiotics Personal health This study was conducted in two teaching Hospitals in New South Wales Australia and was part of the Newcastle Surgical Outcomes Study of Adverse Events (results...

... on screen or printed. This analysis software was used to provide the results presented in this paper with specific emphasis on annual workloads, changing patterns of work, complications and second operations. Outcomes from aortic aneurysm and carotid surgery were used as illustrative examples of comparative...

... arriving in the ward (2/14, 14.3 per cent). The issues in the clinical treatment category in both groups, were mainly related to clinical decision‐making, poor assessment, pain control, complications of surgery and drug prescribing issues. Although patients felt that there was a failure in clinical...

... on proposed regulatory regimes and future regulatory directions. Findings The practice of aesthetic medicine has been marginally regulated, even in more highly developed countries. The main regulatory concern appears to be the practice of minimally invasive aesthetic surgery by general practitioners...

...G.E. Glass; M. Soldin Purpose To evaluate the impact of rationing guidelines on the practice of reduction mammaplasty, with particular reference to patient selection. Design/methodology/approach A retrospective audit was performed. Patients who were accepted for surgery in the first nine...

...T. Hall; K.K. Lakhoo Purpose To ensure that paediatric surgery patients receive appropriate intravenous fluids post‐operatively. Design/methodology/approach Retrospective case‐series study of paediatric patients undergoing major abdominal surgery, comparing fluids received with a target...

... collected to determine the reasons for cancellations and the number of procedures cancelled on the day of surgery. Findings A total of 175 procedures were cancelled in a six‐month period, comprising 14.1 per cent of all elective operations scheduled. Of these, 25.7 per cent were cancelled on the day...

...T.D.A. Cosker; S. Elsayed; P. Michael; M. Preece Purpose Day surgery is now a major element of surgical practice. The paper aims to examine if those patients undergoing day surgery from in‐patient wards receive the same standard of care as those attending a formal day case surgical unit (DCSU...