title: Pre-operative tests.
abstract: Essential facts According to data gathered by the Health and Social Care Information Centre, the NHS in England completed 10.6 million operations in 2012/13, compared with 6.61 million a decade before - a rise of 60%. Over the same period, pre-operative assessment has changed radically, with most people seen well in advance of their surgery in a pre-operative assessment unit. While the number of routine tests for young, healthy people having minor surgery has reduced significantly, there remains a concern that some unnecessary tests continue to be requested, says the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE).
mesh_terms: D003955:Diagnostic Tests, Routine / Q000451:nursing* / Q000592:standards; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011300:Preoperative Care / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology; D013222:State Medicine; D006113:United Kingdom; D019564:Unnecessary Procedures / Q000191:economics