Read CPOC Director David Selwyn explain how NHS leaders must optimise the surgical pathway to reduce last-minute cancellations, improving patient outcomes and saving in the process in Health Service Journal A blueprint for NHS efficiency ow.ly/aPrZ50Sq1SI

"Some non-political manifestos highlight key priority areas and are written by organisations that know how change happens." Alternative manifestos can help us plan our future, says Prof Scarlett McNally bmj.com/content/385/bm…

#BAOMS2024 The work of Centre of Perioperative Care Centre for Perioperative Care will be presented by Prof Prof Scarlett McNally and Prof Jugdeep Dhesi, both deputy directors there. Find out more about this is a cross-organisational, multidisciplinary initiative: cpoc.org.uk #omfs #onedaytogo

Come and see us at EBPOM today!

Centre for Perioperative Care Director David Selwyn chairing the first session on Shared Decision Making at EBPOM today! #ebpom24

Centre for Perioperative Care Bob Evans, one of our patient representatives, speaks about his experience and what Shared Decision Making has meant to him at EBPOM

Join us for a new Anaesthesia Quality Improvement study day. 10 September 2024 Showcase your own QI work. Submit a poster on a QI project relevant to anaesthesia, perioperative medicine or intensive care. Closing date for entries - 5 August. Details: ow.ly/POBv50ScVYw

Thought provoking panel discussion from the first EBPOM session today: #SDM

See Centre for Perioperative Care smoking cessation resources to help patients quit smoking and prepare for surgery cpoc.org.uk/guidelines-res…

Read the latest News item relating to the pre-amber alert on blood shortages cpoc.org.uk/pre-amber-aler… See our guideline for the 'management of anaemia in the perioperative pathway' cpoc.org.uk/guidelines-res… Plus further resources here - cpoc.org.uk/pre-amber-aler…

Come visit our new Nutrition webpage - cpoc.org.uk/guidelines-and… Plenty of resources here to share with your patients around good nutrition, to help prepare them for surgery. Better nutrition = #PerioperativeCare benefits

Better perioperative care is key to driving up NHS performance. CPOC has written to Lord Darzi, who is leading an independent review of NHS performance in England. Read the letter here: ow.ly/jaBU50SJPR8

NHS Blood & Transplant has declared an Amber alert for group O red cells and called for implementation of emergency blood management arrangements. Full guidance is available on NHS Blood+Transplant website: hospital.blood.co.uk/business-conti… Recommendations include use of TXA ⬇️

Amber Alert: Blood Shortage Group O red cells and call for implementation of emergency blood management arrangements Read more for resources and guidance including the importance of blood management plans in the team brief and cell salvage cpoc.org.uk/news/amber-ale…

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