Providing Safe and Effective Surgical Care During the COVID-19 Outbreak in the UK – Changing Strategies

Document Type : Letter to Editor

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Department of General Surgery, North Middlesex University Hospital, London, UK

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Providing Safe and Effective Surgical Care During the COVID-19 Outbreak in the UK – Changing Strategies

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Dear Editor,

Healthcare systems were stretched to the limit by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak. The increase in demand for staff, space and resources to treat patients with COVID-19 meant that patients requiring other forms of emergency care experienced improvised systems and pathways. The impact of these pressures particularly affected the provision of acute surgical care within the United Kingdom. The central response included the cancellation of all non-urgent elective surgery and the sequestration of operating theatre space as critical care overspill areas.1 ... (Read more...)

 

  1. Iacobucci G. Covid-19: all non-urgent elective surgery is suspended for at least three months in England. BMJ. 2020:m1106. doi:10.1136/bmj.m1106
  2. Joseph A, Joseph J, Pereira B, Gahir J. Coronavirus outbreak: Reorganising the breast unit during a pandemic. Eur J Surg Oncol. 2020;46(6):1176-1177. doi:10.1016/j.ejso.2020.04.031
Volume 9, Issue 11
November 2020
Pages 501-502
  • Receive Date: 18 June 2020
  • Revise Date: 23 June 2020
  • Accept Date: 24 June 2020
  • First Publish Date: 01 November 2020