NHS High Intensity Theatres.

Presumably the surgeons will work shifts. I think the article said that these HIT operating theatres would just run at weekends.

Surely the same surgeons don't do every procedure.

It must mean the surgeons operate continuously back and forth between theatres. Is this safe given the effect of fatigue?

Ideal for day cases and it has been raised with surgeons many times but I don't know how much research has gone into surgeon fatigue in these situations. Afterall its what happens in a 'MASH' type theatre.

I think it’s a good idea for quick, straightforward procedures, which won’t then require specialised or intensive aftercare, or lengthy post-op stays, because there are too few nurses/HCPs and beds to manage a large number of higher need cases.

It also, presumably, will only work where you have enough operating theatres and staff that aren’t used for emergencies.

As for why it hasn’t been done before: I could hazard a guess that in a properly resourced system, it wasn’t necessary.

Good news.
What exactly is ‘rocket science’ it’s a much used phrase, often in a patronising manner?

It’s in today’s Times, too.

‘Two operating theatres run side by side, and as soon as one procedure is finished the next is already under anaesthetic and ready to be wheeled in. Nurses are on standby to sterilise the operating theatre and instead of taking 40 minutes between cases it takes less than two. The only delay is the 30 seconds it takes for the antibacterial cleaning fluid to work.’

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I’m not clicking through to the Daily Mail. Could you give us a clue what the “breakthrough” is?

Please yourself 🤷‍♀️

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I’m not clicking through to the Daily Mail. Could you give us a clue what the “breakthrough” is?