Paediatric pre-operative anaesthetic clinic: A survey of consultant-led caseload and outcomes.

Aim: The role of pre-operative anaesthetic clinics (POAC) in adult practice is well-established and is developing in paediatric hospitals in the UK.

Methods: We carried out a retrospective survey of all patients assessed in our POAC by a consultant, determining the pre-operative problems and the perioperative anaesthetic interventions and outcomes.

Results: In 2016, 537 patients were seen by a consultant: the median age was 5.

Failure of hospital employees to comply with smoke-free policy is associated with nicotine dependence and motives for smoking: a descriptive cross-sectional study at a teaching hospital in the United Kingdom.

Background: Smoke-free policy aims to protect the health of the population by reducing exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS), and World Health Organisation (WHO) guidance notes that these policies are only successful if there is full and proper enforcement. We aimed to investigate the problem of resistance to smoking restrictions and specifically compliance with smoke-free policy. We hypothesised that an explanation for non-compliance would lie in a measurable difference between the smoking behaviours of compliant and non-compliant smokers, specifically that non-compliance would be associated with nicotine dependence and different reasons for smoking.