title: Pre-admission assessment clinics: an answer to non-attendance for ENT operations.
abstract: Non-attendance by patients for elective surgery with insufficient time to find replacement leads to wasted theatre time and wasted resources. The introduction of pre-admission clinics at the North Riding Infirmary, Middlesbrough has alleviated this problem and has led to considerable financial savings. A 12 month prospective study has shown an increase in operations performed from 3738 to 3944. Financial savings have not been taken into consideration in this publication.
authors.affiliation: North Riding Infirmary, Middlesbrough, UK.
authors.forename: A F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Dingle
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bingham
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Krishnan
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Gibb
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Thompson
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Flood
mesh_terms: D017558:Elective Surgical Procedures; D006801:Humans; D010036:Otolaryngology; D010343:Patient Admission; D012621:Seasons