Organising elective surgeries is a piece of cake.
Once you add in the need to deal with emergencies and GP referrals it becomes very difficult. A perforated appendix trumps ileistomy revision.
If private hospitals had to run A&E and accept GP referrals they'd be no better than your local DGH.
If you want exclusive elective surgeries that are never cancelled you then need to have a separate team dealing with emergencies with their own bespoke theatres and clinics.
Oh, and cancelling winter would help too...
I'm always a bit wary that being able to do both NHS and private work is a disincentive to having a short NHS waiting list....
Last edited by: Lygonos on Fri 6 Dec 19 at 11:59
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