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The impact of pre-clerking clinics on surgical operation cancellations: a prospective audit
A R Jones1, A J Sandison, W J Owen
1Department of Surgery, UMDS, Guy's Hospital, London, UK.
International Journal of Clinical Practice
|July 1, 1997
Abstract:
Pre-clerking of all patients undergoing elective general surgical operations was introduced at our hospital in an attempt to reduce an unacceptably high operation cancellation rate. A prospective audit has been performed on the effect of this policy on the cancellation rate. Before the introduction of pre-clerking there was a marked seasonal variation in the number of patients who failed to attend for surgery, which could be explained by absence on holiday. This seasonal variation disappeared after the start of pre-clerking clinics, but there has been no reduction in the number of cancellations for medical reasons.