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<p>The Government is working with NHS England to improve perioperative care. This
should ensure best practice guidelines are implemented across surgery clinical care
pathways, including for prosthetic infections. In May 2023, NHS England published
guidance setting out five core perioperative care requirements relating to the care
of adult patients awaiting planned inpatient surgery. These measures address the key
objective of identifying health needs as early as possible in perioperative pathways,
and then using time on the waiting list to optimise health. The NHS England National
Elective Recovery and Outpatients programme is working with NHS England regional teams
to help oversee and support compliance, and will continue to do so throughout 2024/25.</p>
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