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Outline
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"Transforming your"


  • Transforming your
  • Day Surgery Services Kit:
  • focus on cholecystectomy



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NHS Institute






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NHS Institute






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The approach






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Cholecystectomy National
Day Case Rates 08/09
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Focus on...






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Rapid Improvement Programme






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Rapid Improvement Results






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Potential cost savings






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What’s included in the Kit
  • Culture Pack




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Culture – Why?






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Culture – Why?






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Culture – Why?






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What’s included in the Kit
  • Process Pack




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Emergency Cholecystectomy Kit to follow October 2010






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Make it real
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Surgical sub-specialisation






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Specialisation Solutions






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Defaulting
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Pre-assessment
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Day Case Criteria
  • No age limit
  • Co-morbidity
  • Social support
  • Complexity of case
  • BMI ??
  • Distance




  • Discharge arran
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Scheduling
  • Barriers:
  • Surgeons letting go / personal preference formula
  • Complex cases first whilst surgeon is ‘fresh’
  • List fillers mentality



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"Oxford Scheduling traffic light system"


  • Oxford Scheduling traffic light system
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Experience shared

  • “Recipe” for guidance
  • No single best way
  • Common themes
  • Based on:
    • good practice
    • favourable outcomes
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Recipe Components?

  • NSAIDS
  • Local anaesthesia
  • Antiemetic prophylaxis
  • iv Fluids
  • Minimal opioids
  • “Rescue” options
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Nurse Led Discharge
  • Barriers:
  • No agreed discharge criteria / out of date / surgeon specific
  • Nurses believe its better for patients to stay overnight
  • Nursing lack of confidence and ‘training’
  • Surgeon letting go





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Nurse Led Discharge
  • Solutions:
  • Written guidelines
    • Observations stable
    • Pain & PONV controlled
    • Mobilising
    • Tolerated fluids & diet
  • Audit how long it takes to achieve the above



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"Robust readmission process"
  • Robust readmission process
    • Not GP
    • Surgical nurse, unit open 7 days a week
    • SpR assessment more than likely required
    • Audit the post-op contact and outcomes
    • Expect less than 3% return rate
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"Come and visit us at"
  • Come and visit us at


      • Stand 51


      • www.institute.nhs.uk