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eP184 Evaluating the introduction of three session surgical lists to aid post-COVID elective surgery recovery in a South London Breast Surgery Department

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Retrospective analysis shows increased theatre utilisation in elective surgery, suggesting potential cost savings and benefits in patient throughput.

The three session lists improved theatre utilisation to 81.4%, compared to 71.5% for two session lists.
162 elective surgery cases were scheduled, with 61.5% running as three session lists.
Projected analysis indicates that running exclusively three session lists could increase cases by 145 per year.
Cost savings of over £150,000 annually were associated with the three session list structure.

Driver et al. (2025) studied this question.

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Retrospective analysis shows increased theatre utilisation in elective surgery, suggesting potential cost savings and benefits in patient throughput.