Royal Free Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Improving Theatre Utilisation and Efficiency
Situation
- In spite of good clinical processes and reputation, Royal Free has constrained theatre utilisation
- There was disjointed communications between departments, unpredictable theatre lists and too much duplication of processes
- Suboptimal IT infrastructure was limiting theatre efficiency
FTI Consulting's Role
- Review of core operation and comparison to FTI best/leading practice
- Establish baseline for improvement opportunities
- Recommend appropriate assignment of people for each of supporting pillars of Operating Theatre services
- Identification of organisational, process and IT improvements
- Development of implementation plan with identification of barriers and risks
- Creation of a Management Dashboard