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Agreed local clinical guidelines should be in use that have been produced by an appropriately constituted multiprofessional team, comprising anaesthetists, specialist nurses, surgeons, critical care clinicians, pharmacists, specialty consultants or aut...

Agreed local clinical guidelines should be in use that have been produced by an appropriately constituted multiprofessional team, comprising anaesthetists, specialist nurses, surgeons, critical care clinicians, pharmacists, specialty consultants or autonomously practising anaesthetist and managers. These guidelines should cover at least the following:

  • assessment and management of pain and pruritus, including the recording of pain and itch scores13...

  Where ophthalmic surgery is performed as a daycase procedure, the facilities should conform to best practice guidance. Day surgery operating theatres should meet the same standards as inpatient operating theatres.23,24,25Room should be availa...

 

Where ophthalmic surgery is performed as a daycase procedure, the facilities should conform to best practice guidance. Day surgery operating theatres should meet the same standards as inpatient operating theatres.23,24,25Room should be available for patients to be seen in private by the anaesthetist and surgeon on the day of surgery.2 There...

The following time allocation (per week) is a guide to the minimum physician anaesthetist staffing that should be provided per 1,000 inpatients passing through a preoperative preparation clinic: reviews and consultations  1 session per ...

The following time allocation (per week) is a guide to the minimum physician anaesthetist staffing that should be provided per 1,000 inpatients passing through a preoperative preparation clinic:

  • reviews and consultations  1 session per 1,000 inpatients per year (1.25 programmed activities) e.g. 3000 patients = 3 sessions 
  • high risk clinics 1 session per 1000 inpatients (1.25 programmed activities)
  • clinical leadership for the...

<p>The following time allocation (per week) is a guide to the minimum physician anaesthetist staffing that should be provided per 1,000 inpatients passing through a preoperative preparation clinic:</p> <ul> <li>reviews and consultations&nbsp;&nbsp...

The following time allocation (per week) is a guide to the minimum physician anaesthetist staffing that should be provided per 1,000 inpatients passing through a preoperative preparation clinic:

  • reviews and consultations  1 session per 1,000 inpatients per year (1.25 programmed activities) e.g. 3000 patients = 3 sessions

 

  • high risk clinics 1 session per 1000 inpatients (1.25 programmed activities)

 

  • clinical leadership...

Chapter 10: Guidelines for the Provision of Paediatric Anaesthesia Services 2024

There should be a fully resourced children’s inpatient pain service.29,30 The service should be delivered by an appropriately trained and experienced multidisciplinary team (MDT), with specific skills in children’s pain management. The team may include clinical nurse specialists, anaesthetists, paediatricians, surgeons, pharmacists, child psychologists and physiotherapists. In hospitals with a smaller paediatric caseload, and non-complex surgical...