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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

You are welcome.
I ran a pre-op clinic once a week, and we did all these questions at that visit - which was a week to 10 days before the patient was due to be admitted.

This gave us a good amount of time to identify potential problems that might delay discharge, and put interventions into place(sometimes these were organised before the patient had even been admitted).
At the pre-op clinic, patients were told when they would come in, and when they would go home(barring any problems of course). Helpful to both patient and the staff. We were able to maximise the use of our beds in this way.

Originally Posted by susie123

That is all so obvious and common sense when you think about it.

I Agree, Sue. That's what they do here too - husband has been in for a couple of minor Ops. and they were very well prepared in just the same way.

All these extra surveys are keeping people employed - though the money would be better spent on real jobs and/or equipment within the health service.