Scottish Government

Chapter 2 Treat Day Surgery as the Norm

NHS Ayrshire & Arran

• Smoothing the flow of patients through the day surgery unit

NHS Forth Valley

• Undertaking a Rapid Improvement Event for Theatres
• Redesigning the admissions and discharge lounge

NHS Golden Jubilee

• Increasing general surgery same day care rates

NHS Grampian

• Base line measurement of day surgery

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde

• Increasing the same day care rate for hernia repair
• Changing inpatient shoulder surgery to day surgery

NHS Lanarkshire

• Improving the utilisation of day surgery lists
• Introducing a 23 hour unit in Lanarkshire
• Optimising Day Surgery Capacity

NHS Lothian

• Using laser technology for surgical prostatectomy

NHS Orkney

• Upgrading the day surgery unit

NHS Tayside

• Standardising processes in specialist dermatology services