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The safe surgery programme aims to improve teamwork and communication in the operating room by leveraging the WHO surgical safety checklist as a teamwork and communication tool.

In lieu of an in-person symposium in 2020, the Health Quality & Safety Commission hosted a series of virtual one-hour webinars during February 2021.

This article from The King's Fund explores the possible causes of variation, shows the different ways in which variations can be measured, and analyses variations by PCT in rates of elective hospital admissions for selected procedures.