This month’s tool: Day Surgery - Treat Day Surgery as the Norm

One of the '10 High Impact Changes' that organisations can adopt to make significant, measurable improvements in the way they deliver care, it has the potential to release nearly half a million inpatient bed days each year.
See the NHS Institute and the following documents from the British Association of Day Surgery (BADS):
Commissioning Day Surgery
Day case and short stay guideline
Skill Mix and Nursing Establishment for Day Surgery
Integrated Care Pathways for Day Surgery Patients
Also you may find these article/documents interesting:
Enhanced recovery and day surgery: the ultimate partners for elective surgery
The Planned Care Improvement Programme: Day Surgery in Scotland
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