Deaths following surgery are the third largest contributor to deaths globally, and in Africa are
twice the global average. There is a need for a peri‐operative research agenda to ensure co …

BACKGROUND: Surgical safety has advanced rapidly with evidence of improved patient
outcomes through structural and process interventions. However, knowledge of how to apply …

Background and objectives A clinical trial in 93 National Health Service hospitals evaluated
a quality improvement programme for emergency abdominal surgery, designed to improve …

Background Patients undergoing emergency abdominal surgery are at high risk of morbidity
and mortality. Accurate identification of high‐risk patients is important. The Acute Physiology …

Trauma surgery moves fast. Clinical decisions and treatment of injured patients must occur
expeditiously, or patients suffer. Trauma research also moves fast, and new high-quality …

Purpose Health research in the UK is being impeded by a stretched NHS system. The
purpose of this paper is to use the Great Fire of Rome as an allegory to understand the …

Background High quality goal setting in stroke rehabilitation is vital, but challenging to
deliver. The G-AP framework (including staff training and a stroke survivor held G-AP record) …

Emergency laparotomy is associated with high mortality. Implementation of an evidence‐
based care bundle has been shown to improve patient outcomes. A quality improvement …

Background Emergency laparotomy is associated with high morbidity and mortality. Current
trends suggest improvements have been made in recent years, with increased survival and …

Methods: A national quality improvement collaborative evaluated standardized interventions
for reducing inpatient serum electrolyte testing at 5 large tertiary and quaternary children's …