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Standards Documents
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Publications and Documents
NELA will audit delivery of care against existing standards. These standards and metrics can be found here:
NELA standards.pdf (466 KB)
These have been drawn from the following publications and documents:
The Higher Risk General Surgical Patient: towards improved care for a forgotten group
Royal College of Surgeons of England/Department of Health, 2018
Emergency Surgery: Standards for unscheduled care
Royal College of Surgeons of England, 2011
Peri-operative care: Knowing the Risk Report
National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome and Death, 2011
Elective and Emergency Surgery in the Elderly: An Age Old Problem
National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome and Death, 2010
Emergency General Surgery: The Future, A Consensus Statement
Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland, 2007
Emergency General Surgery Consensus Statement
Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland, 2012
Clinical Guideline 50: Acutely ill patients in Hospital
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, 2007
Medical Technologies Guidance: CardioQ-ODM
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, 2011
