Library resource guides: Day care anaesthesia: Other resources

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Anaesthesia Continuing Education. Day Care Anaesthesia Special Interest Group.
The Day Care Anaesthesia SIG aims to promote science and education through the exchange of ideas between anaesthetists with a particular interest and involvement in day care anaesthesia and the interaction with other individuals / groups, who share an interest in day care anaesthesia.
DayCOR Registry
You join as a Hospital or Day Procedure Centre or as an Anaesthesia Group. DayCOR is a module of CAST - the Clinical Anaesthesia Survey Tool.
The Society for Ambulatory Anesthesia
The Society for Ambulatory Anesthesia strives to be the leader in the perioperative care of the ambulatory surgical patient.
Victoria State Government | Department of Health. Day surgery implementation toolkit.
This toolkit supports health services to safely introduce, expand and monitor day surgery pathways through local adaptation of best practice guidelines.

British Association of Day Surgery
BADS is a multidisciplinary organisation, promoting excellence and enhancing education in the delivery of day surgery
British Association of Day Surgery. Day Surgery Useful Links.
A collection of day surgery links highlighting particular information of interest. If you have a suggestion for an addition, please contact the BADS office.

Day Case First: National Day Surgery Delivery Pack by Centre for Perioperative Care (CPOC); British Association of Day Surgery (BADS); Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT); Royal College of Anaesthetists; NHS England Updated guidance supporting NHS trusts to expand and increase their use of day case surgery is now available to download on the Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT) website. GIRFT has worked with the British Association of Day Surgery (BADS) and the Centre for Perioperative Care (CPOC) to update its National Day Surgery Delivery Pack (first issued in 2020). The new edition offers practical advice to encourage frontline and operational staff to ‘think day case first’ – helping to maximise the use of day surgery for both elective and non-elective care while ensuring patients receive high-quality care and a positive experience.
Publication Date: 2024