Standards Documents
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Publications and Documents
NELA audits delivery of care against existing standards. Beginning in NELA Year 10 (1st April 2023), the standards and metrics against which NELA will report can be found here:
Previous to Year 10, NELA audited care against standards which can be found here:
NELA standards.pdf (465 KB)
Standards are calculated using the following:
Standards 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
