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Chapter 36 - Treatment centres

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 March 2012

Rory Shaw ,
Vino Ramachandra ,
Nuala Lucas  and
Neville Robinson
Rory Shaw
Affiliation:
North West London NHS Trust
Vino Ramachandra
Affiliation:
Northwick Park Hospital
Nuala Lucas
Affiliation:
Northwick Park Hospital
Neville Robinson
Affiliation:
Northwick Park Hospital
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Summary

Since the early 1990s, clinicians in the NHS have been advocating the separation of elective from emergency surgical care, in order to improve productivity and relieve pressure on the acute sector. Day surgery units were developed as early models of elective surgery centres. In 1999 the first treatment centre in England dedicated to a wider range of elective procedures was opened at the Central Middlesex Hospital. In 2002, the Department of Health announced that it was creating a programme of similar NHS treatment centres, including a number of independent sector treatment centres (ISTC).

The aims of the Treatment Centre Programme were to:

  • Provide the extra clinical capacity needed to deliver swift access to treatment for NHS patients

  • Spearhead diversity and choice in clinical services for NHS patients

  • Stimulate innovative models of service delivery

  • Drive up productivity.

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Management Essentials for Doctors , pp. 113 - 115
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2011

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References

General information about treatment centreswww.dh.gov.uk/en/Healthcare/Primarycare/Treatmentcentres 2010
House of Commons Health Committee Report 2006 www.publications.parliament.uk

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