News and updates from todays conference focusing on sharing learning about successful day-case breast surgery and showcase what can be achieved, including key aspects of the day surgery pathway.
Older people undergoing day-case breast cancer surgery
• Proactive management
• Meeting cancer target times
Speaker: Prof Jugdeep Dhesi
Consultant in Geriatric and General Internal Medicine, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust; Deputy Director, CPOC; and President-Elect, The British Geriatric Society
PhD FRCP
Jugdeep is a consultant geriatrician working in the innovative and award-winning POPS (Perioperative medicine for Older People undergoing Surgery) service at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust.
Jugdeep said "We will all be seeing more older people with more complexity as we have an ageing population"
She continued to say "You play a critical role in starting the conversations with patients and carers, referring to the right service early and promoting a team culture between surgery, anaesthetics & geriatric medicine, as well as other factors"
Jugdeep closed her talk by saying "We need to plan better, Its so important to be very clear with patients about medications they should and shouldn't be taking during the perioperative period", "this can save hospital stays which can avoid deconditioning which can happen during a hosital stay - the best way to avoid this it to not admit patients for over night stays".
How we delivered successful oncoplastic and non-oncoplastic day-case surgery, or outcomes and patient experience
Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust
Speaker: Simerjit Rai
Nurse Consultant (Breast) City Hospital, Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust
Simerjit made the point that "If you say to a patient you will need to stay for 3 days, they expect to be ill, but if you say this is going to be a day case and you will be ok to go home, they expect to be well".
