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Bowel Screening – Pre-assessment

Bowel Screening – Pre-assessment . Pre-assessment targets. NHS QIS Standards (2007): 80% patients to be offered telephone pre-assessment within 14 days of referral The number of pre-assessments carried out from April 10 – Feb 11 = 2802 Average of 64 patients/week

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Bowel Screening – Pre-assessment

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  1. Bowel Screening – Pre-assessment

  2. Pre-assessment targets • NHS QIS Standards (2007): • 80% patients to be offered telephone pre-assessment within 14 days of referral • The number of pre-assessments carried out from April 10 – Feb 11 = 2802 • Average of 64 patients/week • To meet increasing demand, number of sessions required is 9 sessions per week

  3. Resources • 4 Nurse Endoscopists carry out telephone and face to face pre-assessments • Currently training additional nursing staff to improve waiting times and also to release nurse endoscopists for endoscopy sessions

  4. Guidelines/Protocols • Currently use the pre-assessment tool devised by Tayside • The following protocols devised for bowel screening programme: • Anticoagulant PGD and Policy • Klean Prep PGD and Policy • Diabetes Policy

  5. Issue • Patients with co-morbidities require medical input to carry out face to face assessment • Named consultant for medical input would improve the pre-assessment pathway • This could be incorporated into pre-assessment tool to give clear guidance for nursing staff. Discussion…..

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