Thread by @doctimcook

Round 3 of ACCC TRACK. Exploring impact of COVID on anaesthetic departments and surgical activity out now
@emirakur @jas_soar @HSRCNews @RCoANews

nationalauditprojects.org.uk/downloads/ACCC…

Only about a third of anaesthetic departments operating well in December- worse then October and before the new year surge hit

All but 14% of hospitals in a surge setting and half not able to meet ICU demand as normal

Impact on surgery at least as bad as in October
1 in 5 operating theatres closed
Open theatres working at well below normal activity

Impact of surgical activity across the board
Non cancer down 36%
Paediatric surgery down 35%
Cancer surgery down 30%
Even emergencies down 10%

Overall impact shown here

Overall we’re NOT doing more than a quarter of normal surgical activity
That’s 5500 cases a day
Well over 1 million a year

The reason for the downturn lies mostly in availability of staff
Almost 1 in 5 of anaesthetists not available for normal work
Oct-Dec big increase in redeployment of anaesthetists to ICU

Amazing response from Uk Anaesthetists to provide this - almost real-time data - on impact of ICU pressures on UK surgical capabilities

Thank you

Importantly the 3rd round capturing key data from January is now under way
Please send your data

Many thanks to to the @HSRCNews staff at @RCoANews for working through this so promptly and to the #NAP7 fellows who have done so much this year despite the main project being stalled
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