GIRFT August 2017
- This report examines key aspects of the way general surgery - defined here as the management of patients presenting with elective or emergency abdominal disease - is delivered in NHS England.
- It pinpoints areas of variation in general surgical practice, procurement and patient outcomes and highlights a number of best practice examples.
- The report makes 20 recommendations, spread across five themes - data and performance measurement; procurement; choice, commissioning and care pathways; surgical performance; and efficiency and emergency provision.
- NHS Improvement’s objective is for GIRFT implementation in general surgery to be complete, and a new business as usual phase reached, by April 2019.
