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Earlier screening, risk assessment and health optimisation in perioperative pathways: guide for providers and integrated care boards
NHS England - This guide supports providers and integrated care boards to implement early screening, risk assessment and health optimisation for patients waiting for surgery. It builds on the clinical guidelinePreoperative assessment and optimisation, published by a cross-specialty, multidisciplinary working group, including the Royal College of Anaesthetists, Royal College of Surgeons of England, Royal College of General Practitioners and the Centre for Perioperative Care, in June 2021.Guidance (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - May 23, 2023 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Integrated care, collaboration and partnership Quality of care and clinical outcomes Source Type: blogs

Respected valued retained: working together to improve retention in anaesthesia
This report finds that up to one million operations may be delayed every year because of a shortage of 1,400 anaesthetists – and concludes that the situation will get worse, as one in four working anaesthetists plans to leave the NHS in the next five years. It suggests that working patterns should be adjusted to accommodate the changes of ageing and that adjustments should be made to pension and tax arrangements to ad dress the financial pressures that force doctors to retire.ReportRoyal College of Anaesthetists - news (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - October 6, 2021 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Workforce and employment Source Type: blogs

COVID-19: information for health and care professionals
Last updated 24th November 2020, 0920 UK time - entries added marked NEW.On this page, evidence summaries, guidelines and government and related information for practitioners.See also theepidemiology and genetics andcurrent awareness pages. There is a page ofjournal and database publishers making content available free.NEW - REACTFindings from the Real-time Assessment of Community Transmission studyResources from Royal Colleges (list maintained by HEE)Clinical TrialsThe WHO ICTRP indexes trials from a number of sources, including the US and EU registries. From thelaunch page you can download lists of ...
Source: Browsing - June 27, 2020 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: coronavirus COVID-19 NCOV Source Type: blogs

View from the frontline of anaesthesia during Covid-19: April 2020 survey results
Royal College of Anaesthetists- Over a 24-hour period from 15 –16 April 2020, the Royal College of Anaesthetists (the College) conducted a survey to develop a snapshot ‘view from the frontline’ of anaesthesia during Covid-19. Sixteen per cent of all hospital consultants are anaesthetists, making anaesthesia the single largest hospital specialty in the UK. Anaesthetists of all grades play a critical role in the care of two-thirds of hospital patients. 2,174 mem bers completed the survey. This briefing presents the findings and a detailed picture of the issues faced by anaesthetists across the UK.Survey re...
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - April 23, 2020 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Local authorities, public health and health inequalities Workforce and employment Source Type: blogs

Fifth patient report of the National Emergency Laparotomy Audit (NELA): December 2017 to November 2018
Royal College of Anaesthetists - Commissioned by the Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership as part of the National Clinical Audit Programme, this report analyses the care received by close to 25,000 emergency bowel surgery patients treated in NHS hospitals in England and Wales between December 2017 and November 2018. Amongst the findings is that time to antibiotics in patients with sepsis remains poor with 80.6 per cent not receiving antibiotics within one hour. The report is the fifth report of NELA and offers a series of recommendations to reduce variation in the care of patients undergoing emergency bowel sur...
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - January 6, 2020 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Information & Knowledge Service Tags: Patient safety Quality of care and clinical outcomes Source Type: blogs

A manifesto for a 21st century health service
Royal College of Anaesthetists -This manifesto calls on the next government to address the issues preventing the delivery of a 21st century national health service. It argues that focusing on staff wellbeing and integrated care is what ’s needed to create a sustainable NHS, not a total restructure.ManifestoRoyal College of Anaesthetists - press release (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - November 20, 2019 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Information & Knowledge Service Tags: General Election 2019 Source Type: blogs

A teachable moment: delivering perioperative medicine in integrated care systems
This report showcases a number of innovative and award-winning programmes in hospitals across England that are improving patient care before, during and after surgery. The time preparing for, undergoing and then recovering from an operation is known as the perioperative period and the College believes that tailored care throughout this time will improve long-term outcomes for patients after surgery.ReportPress release (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - February 19, 2019 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Information & Knowledge Service Tags: Integrated care Source Type: blogs

Mastering Intensive Care 021 with Martin Bromiley
LITFL • Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog LITFL • Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog - Emergency medicine and critical care medical education blogMartin Bromiley – Turning tragedy into safer healthcare with attention to human factors (DasSMACC special episode)Are we truly making healthcare safer?Do we adequately understand human factors in how we work in hospitals?How would you respond if your partner died from a “routine operation”?These are just 3 of the questions you are likely to ponder as you listen to this interview with Martin Bromiley OBE from the United Kingdom on the Mastering Intensive Care podcas...
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - December 2, 2017 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Andrew Davies Tags: Intensive Care Mastering Intensive Care Andrew Davies human facotrs Martin Bromiley patient safety routine operation Source Type: blogs

LITFL Review 257
Welcome to the 257th LITFL Review! Your regular and reliable source for the highest highlights, sneakiest sneak peeks and loudest shout-outs from the webbed world of emergency medicine and critical care. Each week the LITFL team casts the spotlight on the blogosphere’s best and brightest and deliver a bite-sized chunk of FOAM. The Most Fair Dinkum Ripper Beauts of the Week The late John Hinds was an amazing doctor. Listen to Fred Macsorley share some of his most precious memories in this beautiful SMACC Dub talk. [SO] The Best of #FOAMed Emergency Medicine Core EM features a great visual aid for learning and reme...
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - November 13, 2016 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Marjorie Lazoff, MD Tags: Education LITFL review Source Type: blogs

Research and Reviews in the Fastlane 089
This study found that athletes with pathologic TWI (except those in aVR, III, V1) were likely to have underlying cardiac pathology (45% of patients). Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy was the most common finding (81% of cardiac pathology). These authors recommend that all athletes with pathologic TWI be referred for further cardiac testing. Recommeded by Anand Swaminathan The R&R iconoclastic sneak peek icon key The list of contributors The R&R ARCHIVE R&R Hall of famer You simply MUST READ this! R&R Hot stuff! Everyone’s going to be talking about this R&R Landmark paper A paper that ...
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - July 1, 2015 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Soren Rudolph Tags: R&R in the FASTLANE critical care Education Emergency Medicine Intensive Care recommendations research and reviews Source Type: blogs

Perioperative medicine: the pathway to better surgical care
This report presents RCoA's vision for future models of surgical care which aims to deliver more efficient healthcare and better outcomes for patients from contemplation of surgery until full recovery. It argues that multi-disciplinary perioperative care helps to provide a solution to the high demand for hospital beds in helping to enable faster recovery and prevent hospital re-admissions. The accompanying case studies highlight examples of good practice in this field. Report Case studies RCoA resources (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - January 26, 2015 Category: UK Health Authors: The King's Fund Information & Knowledge Service Tags: Integrated care Source Type: blogs