WHO Surgical Safety Checklist. Issued: 15 January 2009. This alert requires healthcare organisations in England and Wales to implement the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist (adapted for England and Wales) for every patient undergoing a surgical procedure.
http://www.npsa.nhs.uk/nrls/alerts-and-directives/alerts/safer-surgery-alert/
Plus news release:
England and Wales to benefit from successful global safe surgery pilot which sees surgical deaths reduce by one third. England and Wales to benefit from successful global safe surgery pilot which sees surgical deaths reduce by one third.
http://www.npsa.nhs.uk/corporate/news/england-and-wales-to-benefit-from-successful-global-safe-surgery-pilot-which-sees-surgical-deaths-re/