- CPOC is a cross-specialty collaboration dedicated to the promotion, advancement and development of perioperative care for the benefit of patients at all stages of their surgical journey. CPOC produces guidance as an aid to support health care professionals in perioperative care. CPOC guidelines encompass the whole perioperative pathway and include recommendations for each distinct area across the perioperative journey. See the guidelines, useful resources and case studies here.
BMJ Opinion 15 April 2021
- “We must get better at supporting patients who are waiting for their surgery to be ready for the NHS when the NHS is ready for them. And, in turn, we need to support healthcare teams to be ready for the patient. Or as colleagues have put it, we need to turn “waiting lists” into “preparation lists.” Changing waiting lists to preparation lists will improve patient outcomes and quality of care, while also helping to achieve NHS Long Term Plan efficiency and transformation aspirations.
- The Centre for Perioperative Care (CPOC) is working with a wide range of organisations to provide resources and support for clinicians and managers in the design, development and implementation of innovative approaches to deliver quality perioperative care.
British Journal of Anaesthesia January 2021 v126(1) p1-5. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bja.2020.08.021
- “There is an inevitable period of time between diagnosis of an illness that may be amenable to surgery and admission for elective surgery. It is now acknowledged that this time can be better spent in preparing patients for surgery in order to improve the patients' experience of healthcare (including quality outcomes and satisfaction), improve population/public health, and reduce the per capita costs of healthcare.”
