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Where ophthalmic surgery is performed as a daycase procedure, the facilities should conform to best practice guidance. Day surgery operating theatres should meet the same standards as inpatient operating theatres.^23,24,25Room should be available for patients to be seen in private by the anaesthetist and surgeon on the day of surgery.² There...

For commissioning purposes, suggested indicators of quality of a DSU include: ¹⁰

• day surgery existing as a separate and ‘ring-fenced’ administrative care pathway
• a senior manager directly responsible for day surgery
• preoperative assessment undertaken by staff familiar with the day surgery pathway
• provision of timely written information
• appropriate staffing levels
• nurse-led discharge
• provision for appropriate postoperative support including follow-up and...