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- Nurs Stand. 2016 May 11; 30 (37): 16.
AbstractEssential facts According to data gathered by the Health and Social Care Information Centre, the NHS in England completed 10.6 million operations in 2012/13, compared with 6.61 million a decade before - a rise of 60%. Over the same period, pre-operative assessment has changed radically, with most people seen well in advance of their surgery in a pre-operative assessment unit. While the number of routine tests for young, healthy people having minor surgery has reduced significantly, there remains a concern that some unnecessary tests continue to be requested, says the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE).
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