Protocolised care pathways: a double-edged sword?

Edward Rintoul¹, S Ramani Moonesinghe², Tom Bashford^{1

3}

Affiliations

¹ Division of Perioperative, Acute, Critical and Emergency Care (PACE), Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge and Department of Anaesthesia, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK.
² NIHR Central London Patient Safety Research Collaboration, Centre for Perioperative Medicine, University College London, London, UK.
³ International Health Systems Group and Cambridge Public Health, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.

Editorial

Edward Rintoul et al. Anaesthesia. 2024 Dec.

. 2024 Dec;79(12):1269-1273.

doi: 10.1111/anae.16439. Epub 2024 Sep 27.

Edward Rintoul¹, S Ramani Moonesinghe², Tom Bashford^{1

3}

¹ Division of Perioperative, Acute, Critical and Emergency Care (PACE), Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge and Department of Anaesthesia, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK.
² NIHR Central London Patient Safety Research Collaboration, Centre for Perioperative Medicine, University College London, London, UK.
³ International Health Systems Group and Cambridge Public Health, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.

No abstract available

Keywords: care pathways; peri‐operative; quality improvement; standardisation; surgery.

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