There are now around 200 procedures identified as being suitable for day case surgery. However there is still variation between Trusts in terms of day case rates & studies suggest that more patients could be sent home on the same day as their surgery
Dr. Kim Russon, the president of the British Association of Day Surgery (BADS), speaks to CSJ about the need remove barriers and raise awareness.
It is widely recognised that there are significant patient benefits associated with shortened hospital stay and earlier mobilisation – day case surgery not only reduces the risk of hospital-acquired infection and venous thromboembolism, but also offers benefits in terms of freeing resources and capacity for the NHS.
In 1990, the Audit Commission published its review: ‘A Short Cut To Better Services’ 1 which suggested that if all health authorities in England and Wales “performed day surgery consistently at readily achievable levels for each of 20 common procedures, an additional 186,000 patients could be treated each year without increased expenditure.”
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