title: Clinical management. Remains of the day.
abstract: The Healthcare Commission has found 45 per cent of theatre time allocated for day surgery is going to waste. Not having dedicated facilities is no excuse not to increase day surgery. Process change is more important, with political leadership from the top. Trusts need an 'opt-out' culture in day surgery, where all surgical patients are considered eligible unless proven otherwise.
authors.forename: Rebecca
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Coombes
mesh_terms: D000556:Ambulatory Surgical Procedures / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D006779:Hospitals, Public / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D013222:State Medicine; D006113:United Kingdom