Open Access‘One on, one off’ as a model for safe and efficient paediatric ENT surgery
Author(s) -
D. Walker,
Sarah M.I. Cartwright,
Pdr Spraggs,
JD Spraggs
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/rcsbull.2014.96.5.153
Subject(s) - operating theatres , medicine , service (business) , operations management , resource (disambiguation) , key (lock) , business , general surgery , finance , medical emergency , economics , marketing , computer science , computer network , computer security
Elective surgery accounts for a significant proportion of hospital income and resource utilisation. With the National Health Service needing to make savings of £20 billion by 2014, the operating theatre is a key area for targeted reform. At an average running cost of £15 per minute, time wasted in theatre represents a major financial escalator, and occurs nationwide in most lists, in most theatres, in most trusts and on most days of the year.