A survey of the workload generated by older surgical patients referred to on-call medical registrars-SNAP-3.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Older surgical patients who develop medical problems are commonly referred to medical teams, which can be proactive physician-led teams or through reactive referral to the on-call medical registrar.

Methods

A cross-sectional survey of on-call medical registrars who received referrals from surgical teams was conducted in March-June 2022 at 140 NHS hospitals. It focused on the workload derived from referrals of older surgical patients to on-call medical registrars, excluding referrals to existing services such as perioperative medicine, orthogeriatric, or medical specialty teams. To minimise recall bias, completion of the survey was encouraged regardless of whether a registrar had received a referral. The aim of this survey was to estimate the unplanned, acute workl

SUBMITTER: Swarbrick CJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12490704 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature