Open AccessDay-case tonsillectomy: is the NHS demanding unobtainable targets?
Author(s) -
Aaron Trinidade,
Julie Phillips,
Bath Ap
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
bulletin of the royal college of surgeons of england
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1478-7075
pISSN - 1473-6357
DOI - 10.1308/003588414x13814021679393
Subject(s) - tonsillectomy , audit , medicine , commission , operations management , surgery , business , engineering , accounting , finance
In its 2002 document Delivering the NHS Plan, the Department of Health set a target of 75% of all surgical procedures being performed as day-case procedures. 1 Tonsillectomy is quoted as one of the operations in the ‘basket’ of 25 procedures deemed suitable by the Audit Commission and the British Association of Day Surgery (BADS). 2 , 3 With respect to tonsillectomy alone, the target is quoted as 70% for children and 80% for adults. 3