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Aims Referrals to acute surgery are increasing by 10% a year with no increase in inpatient bed numbers. Our aims are to improve the patient experience with early review and provide early decision making preventing admission to hospital. In August 2019 we launched our ambulatory surgical service, in order to measure the impact we have reviewed every patient that has come through the service from its inception. Methods The service is manned by two dedicated surgical fellows based in an ambulatory unit with dedicated early morning USS slots available. To compare old with new we collated presentations into categories, for example ‘Right upper quadrant pain’ and compared the number of patients ‘ambulated’ to the average length of stay for patients with these presentations before ambulatory care. Results From August to October a total of 180 patients were ambulated via the new service. Using the comparison described this equated to approximately 423.05 ‘bed days’ saved the three-month initial period. Discharge times were spread throughout the day rather than ‘peaking’ with emergency team handover indicating an improved experience this has been backed up by qualitative reports from patients and families. Conclusion The introduction of the ambulatory service has improved the general surgical on-call experience at our hospital both for patients and clinicians alike, whilst decreasing surgical bed occupation. Utilising existing resources we have improved the patient experience, enabled quicker decision making and taken pressure away from the on-call.

TP9.2.25No beds! Developing ambulatory surgical care in a District General Hospital