Written question WQ93613
- Asked by
- Rhys ab OwenIndependent
- To be answered by
- Cabinet Secretary for Health, Social Care and Welsh Language
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Question
Will the Cabinet Secretary work with health boards to ensure data on repeat orthopaedic preoperative assessments is centrally collated and recorded in the future?
Answer
Answered by Cabinet Secretary for Health, Social Care and Welsh Language
As part of the National Planned Care programme, a new clinical implementation network for anaesthetics has been set up. One of its aims is to deliver a national approach to pre-operative care.
It will be working with health boards to identify and collect relevant data to support this new approach. This may include the number of repeat pre-operative assessments per pathway, however the decision will be clinically owned and delivered to best support effective operational management.