This NCEPOD report highlights the process of care of elderly patients who died within 30 days of emergency or elective surgery. The report takes a critical look at areas where the care of patients might have been improved, from lack of input from Medicine for the Care of Older People to the level of pain relief provided. Remediable factors have also been identified in the clinical and the organisational care of these patients.
| Audit Toolkit (above): We hope you find this useful and if you have any feedback please do contact us at info@ncepod.org.uk. Please can you advise your local audit department if you plan to undertake this audit, it is important that they are made aware of it for the benefit of demonstrating Trust/Board activity and also so that they are in a position to support you and endorse the activity for your benefit. |
Self assessment checklist for trusts (Excel version only) (36Kb) |
Afternoon speakers at the report launch were: Professor David Oliver, National Clinical Director for Older People Professor John MacFie, Representing the Association of Surgeons for Great Britain and Ireland Miss Clare Marx, Immediate Past President, Representing the British Orthopaedic Association Dr David Counsell, Consultant Anaesthetist and Chair of the Acute Pain Special Interest Group of the British Pain Society |
Report Podcast - audio file
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Study Questionnaires (4 Qs.) |
