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Information relevant to front line staff concerning clinical outcomes, patient experience and productivity (such as theatre efficiency) should be readily available to them.^61,62

The organisation should ensure that patient safety concerns are addressed and that the recommendations or changes that result are fed back to procedural teams.²

Emergency and elective work should be separated (whenever practically feasible), to improve clinical care for patients.^63,64

There should be clarity of leadership and roles in the supervision of the day to day running of theatres.

Elective theatres should offer spare capacity (such as that resulting from cancellations) to the emergency theatres.⁶⁵ Elective cases may be cancelled to make way for emergency work if required.