Mike Davies
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Admissions up for treatable illnesses
Ambulatory care sensitive conditions are long-term health conditions that can often be managed with timely and effective treatment without hospitalisation.
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Who is causing all the cancellations?
A patient is allocated a healthcare resource group of ‘S22’ when they are admitted to hospital but their procedure is cancelled. There are three people who can cause this.
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Elective procedures: all in a day's work?
In July 2005, the Healthcare Commission set a target for all elective procedures: 75 per cent had to be day-case rates. While trusts should be striving to approach this figure, some still fall far short of this target.
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Timely admission reflects efficiency
In 2006 the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement recommended that patients requiring hip and knee replacement should have surgery on the day they were admitted.