Healthcare Inspectorate Wales's Surgical Services: Inspecting theatres to make sure they are safe for patients having a surgical procedure

Summary

Healthcare Inspectorate Wales (HIW) performs surgical inspections to ensure the procedures are safe for patients. HIW have designed a patient centred approach by allowing lay reviewers to take the same journey a patient would when going through orthopaedic and trauma surgery pathways. HIW focuses on Trauma surgery (emergency surgery on the bones) Elective orthopaedic surgery (planned surgery on the bones) and The National Safety Standards for Invasive Procedures or NatSSIPs (Safety checks and processes during surgery).