As pressure mounts to tackle the NHS patient backlog, global medical device manufacturer, Mindray explores how its A9 anaesthetic machine is helping anaesthetists effectively tackle the backlog while enhancing patient safety and reducing environmental impact.
Referral to treatment figures for October 2024 show that the NHS waiting list stood at 7.54 million cases.1 To deal with this backlog, the NHS has set up surgical hubs across the country to streamline patient assessment, treatment and recovery. With more surgeries, comes more anaesthesia use, but theatres already account for 50%-70% of total hospital waste.2 How can we treat more patients without compounding environmental impact? And what tools could help anaesthetists manage the cognitive load and enhance patient safety?
Keeping more patients safe
In the 2024 Autumn budget, the Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC) was granted £22.6 billion, to deliver an additional 40,000 elective appointments a week.3 The cardiac surgery unit at Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (LHCH) is one of the busiest in the country, treating just under 2,000 patients per year.4 Last year, it installed a new fleet of Mindray A9 anaesthesia workstations.
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