Cardiothoracic surgery: GIRFT Programme National Specialty Report (March 2018)

Summary

Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT) is designed to improve the quality of care within the NHS by reducing unwarranted variations. By tackling variations in the way services are delivered across the NHS, and by sharing best practice between trusts, GIRFT identifies changes that will help improve care and patient outcomes, as well as delivering efficiencies such as the reduction of unnecessary procedures and cost savings.

Content

28,000 cardiac surgery and 69,000 thoracic operations are carried out every year in England. Following visits to the 31 cardiothoracic centres in England, the report makes 20 recommendations to help improve processes, practice and patient outcomes.

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