Capacity Improvement — Operating Theatre

Context: Large Hospital Group with over 40 hospitals and busy operating theatre suites (~10 operating theatres per Surgical suite)

• Scope: Reduce late starts, turnaround times, early finishes, and late-in-evening ward transfers
• Ensure safe practices are measured and maintained -eg Time Out
• Ensure clinician/surgeon engagement

Results delivered

• Our experience indicates biggest benefit reported by front front-line operating theatre staff is a less stressful workplace
• Our typical KPI trend results for operating theatre capacity improvement programs are between 5–15%