A tutorial on ‘capped utilisation’ as a metric and key performance target in NHS England’s Model Hospital operating theatres database: caution for international healthcare systems

• Published in: ANESTHESIOLOGY AND PERIOPERATIVE SCIENCE Vol. 2; no. 4; pp. 1 - 13
• Main Authors: Zhang, Chen, Dunstan, Claire, Pandit, Jaideep J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore Springer Nature Singapore 16.10.2024; Springer
• Subjects: Anesthesiology; Case scheduling; Critical Care Medicine; Health economics; Intensive; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Neurosciences; NHS management; Operating theatres; Pharmacology/Toxicology; Quality improvement; Review Article; Surgery; Theatre efficiency; Operating theatres; NHS management; Quality improvement; Theatre efficiency; Health economics; Case scheduling

The National Health Service (NHS) in England has set hospitals a target of achieving > 85% in a metric called ‘capped theatre utilisation’ (CTU), as central to its post-pandemic surgical waiting list recovery planning. This could serve as a model internationally, as other countries seek to improv...