1. What is the name of the hospital the following questions will relate to?
2. How many acute inpatient beds did this hospital have for 2021?
3. How many emergency (unplanned) admissions did this hospital have under the acute general surgery services in 2021?
4. How many cases did this hospital submit to the National Emergency Laparotomy Audit (NELA) in 2021?
5. Which of the following organisation systems describes how emergency general surgical admissions are organised in this hospital?
a. Mixed general surgical take under a non-specific general surgery consultant
b. Daily allocation of acute admissions to a general surgery subspeciality (Upper GI / Colorectal / Hepatobiliary)
c. Dedicated Emergency General Surgery consultants / service during weekdays only (Monday to Thursday, or Monday to Friday)
d. Dedicated Emergency General Surgery consultants / service weekdays and weekend
e. Other (please state)
6. If your hospital runs a dedicated emergency general surgery service (answers c or d above), how many dedicated emergency general surgery consultants form the rota for this service?
7. If this hospital does not already have an emergency general surgery service, does it plan to change its service to this form in the next 5 years?
