Search
Patients should be fully informed about the planned procedure and participate in a shared decision-making process. Consultation skills for shared-decision making should be used to prepare patients for anaesthesia, surgery and analgesia. The patie...
Patients should be fully informed about the planned procedure and participate in a shared decision-making process. Consultation skills for shared-decision making should be used to prepare patients for anaesthesia, surgery and analgesia. The patient should determine the information provided to obtain their consent for treatment. Patients should be informed of the increasing number of decision aids available at NHS Direct...
Information should be provided with enough time for the patient to consider and reflect on before anaesthesia and surgery take place. ...
Information should be provided with enough time for the patient to consider and reflect on before anaesthesia and surgery take place.
Information can be provided in a range of formats, including written leaflets and on the internet. Details of websites that provide reliable, impartial and evidence-based information should be made available to patients when appropriate. Where possible...
Information can be provided in a range of formats, including written leaflets and on the internet. Details of websites that provide reliable, impartial and evidence-based information should be made available to patients when appropriate. Where possible formats should include large print, Braille and audio. Information should conform to the ‘Accessible Information’ standard set by the Department of Health for those...
All patients undergoing elective procedures should be provided with easily understood information materials covering their operation, anaesthesia and postoperative pain relief, before admission to hospital. Provision of this information should be docum...
All patients undergoing elective procedures should be provided with easily understood information materials covering their operation, anaesthesia and postoperative pain relief, before admission to hospital. Provision of this information should be documented in the patient’s notes.78
The anaesthetist should explain what the patient will experience before and after anaesthesia, and include any choices of anaesthetic technique and details of postoperative management. ...
The anaesthetist should explain what the patient will experience before and after anaesthesia, and include any choices of anaesthetic technique and details of postoperative management.
The anaesthetist should invite and answer questions from the patient or, if appropriate, the patient’s relatives. ...
The anaesthetist should invite and answer questions from the patient or, if appropriate, the patient’s relatives.
The anaesthetist should document in the patient’s case notes that all of the above have been properly performed. ...
The anaesthetist should document in the patient’s case notes that all of the above have been properly performed.
Predicted 30-day mortality, recorded preoperatively and determined in a high-risk surgery preassessment clinic, could be used to plan postoperative high-dependency care for elective high-risk surgery.70 ...
Predicted 30-day mortality, recorded preoperatively and determined in a high-risk surgery preassessment clinic, could be used to plan postoperative high-dependency care for elective high-risk surgery.70
The competent patient has a fundamental right, under common law, to give, or to withhold, consent to examination, investigation and treatment.79 ...
The competent patient has a fundamental right, under common law, to give, or to withhold, consent to examination, investigation and treatment.79