Surgical Services Taskforce

The Surgical Services Taskforce has developed a number of new resources:

• Getting the most value from surgery involves patients having the right procedures, for the right reasons, at the right time. The Value-based surgery clinical practice guide aims to promote discussion and enable clinically appropriate procedures to be performed.
• The new Orthogeriatric hip fracture care: Clinical practice guideaims to inform contemporary clinical practice for orthogeriatric hip fracture care and highlight best practice recommendations across the inpatient journey: from the time a patient with a hip fracture arrives at the hospital to the time they are discharged.

• Enhanced recovery after surgery: key principles for colorectal surgery, elective surgery action plan and two local case studies have been developed:
  • Local case study - Enhancing outcomes for orthopaedic surgery: elective knee and hip replacement surgery
  • Local case study - Enhancing outcomes for colorectal surgery to implement ERAS for upper gastrointestinal urology and vascular procedures

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