Standardising Preoperative Urine Testing in Urology
GIRFT has released a second guide in its preoperative testing series, focused on delivering a standardised approach to screening, managing, and treating urinary infections prior to elective urology surgery. Developed by GIRFT’s anaesthetic and perioperative medicine (APOM) clinical and nursing leads, the guide is aimed at clinicians and managers who work across the elective pathway for urology surgery including POA teams, booking and scheduling teams, theatre teams, ward staff, and teams working in outpatient urological services. The guidance advises on testing requirements for different procedures. It is hoped the guide will help providers to reduce delays and cancellations of patients and make best use of surgical capacity to tackle waiting lists. The guide is available here.
Help shape the future of the DCB0160 Digital Clinical Safety Standard
NHS England is continuing its review of digital clinical safety standards (DCB0129 and DCB0160) to ensure they align with modern technology and user needs and ensure safe implementation of digital systems in healthcare. We are now inviting people to express an interest in joining our pre-consultation focus groups for DCB0160, taking place in May and June 2025. DCB0160 guides NHS providers in risk assessment procedures to ensure the safe deployment of digital healthcare IT products. We are particularly keen to involve digital clinical safety professionals from a range of NHS organisations in the focus groups. Find more details on our webpage and access the expression of interest form.
Help shape the future of the DCB0160 Digital Clinical Safety Standard
NHS England is continuing its review of digital clinical safety standards (DCB0129 and DCB0160) to ensure they align with modern technology and user needs and ensure safe implementation of digital systems in healthcare. We are now inviting people to express an interest in joining our pre-consultation focus groups for DCB0160, taking place in May and June 2025. DCB0160 guides NHS providers in risk assessment procedures to ensure the safe deployment of digital healthcare IT products. We are particularly keen to involve digital clinical safety professionals from a range of NHS organisations in the focus groups. Find more details on our webpage and access the expression of interest form.
Help improve the Digital Technology Assessment Criteria
NHS England is reviewing how the DTAC evaluation process works, and we need your feedback. If you handle DTAC forms in your organisation, please take 10 minutes to complete our survey. Your insights will help us reduce the burden on suppliers while maintaining effective assessments. The survey runs from 6 May to 20 June 2025. HealthTech companies can respond at https://digital.nhs.uk/DTACsurvey, while NHS organisations should use https://digital.nhs.uk/DTACNHSsurvey. Your experience matters – help us shape improvements to the DTAC process.
