Clinical outcomes
Surgery cancelled
A total of 44 surgical cases were
cancelled at the Clinic in 2007. This represents just 0.56% of the
year’s surgical discharges.
Surgery may be cancelled if the patient has a
high temperature or a cold when he/she is admitted to hospital.
Another explanation for a cancellation may be due to our stringent
risk
assessment procedures which screen patients prior to admission.
If a patient is not deemed fit for surgery, the procedure may be
cancelled or postponed whilst the appropriate treatment is
given.
Unplanned return to theatre
In 2007, 15 patients were required to return
to theatre for an unplanned procedure following their initial
surgery. This accounts for 0.19% of the total number of surgical
discharges in 2007.
The reason the Clinic has such favourable
statistics in this area is largely down to our stringent risk
assessments that we have developed to determine whether a patient
is considered at ‘high risk’ prior to surgery. The series of tests
carried out enables us to asses a patient’s operative risk so that
appropriate treatment can be carried out before admission and/or
after surgery, helping to minimise their operative risk. Such
innovative techniques for screening our patients help to ensure
that we keep the number of unplanned returns to theatre as low as
possible.
Unplanned readmission within 31
days for the same or related condition
In 2007, only 1.07% of patients were re-admitted to the
hospital within 31 days of being discharged.
Due to our specialist clinical teams, support services and our
considerable investment in medical and surgical technology,
consultants are able to undertake highly complex procedures at the
Clinic, in addition to routine surgery and medicine. Patients
undergoing such procedures often have an increased risk of
re-admission. Despite the complexity of our many of our procedures,
The London Clinic continues to have a very low rate of unplanned
re-admission.
Deep vein
thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE) following
surgery
In 2007, there was only one case of a deep
vein thrombosis (DVT) following surgery at the Clinic and one
case of post operative pulmonary embolism (PE).
The London Clinic is the first private
hospital to introduce a comprehensive thrombosis risk assessment
programme for patients.
Patients admitted to our
hospital undergo a standard risk assessment upon admission for
a potential thrombosis. This assessment provides the patient
and admitting consultant with an understanding of the individual's
risk of developing DVT and PE complications. Such an
assessment helps the admitting consultant plan the best
approach to preventing these complications.