New Guidelines for Preoperative Assessment and Optimisation for Adult Surgery

June 15, 2021

The Centre for Perioperative Care have released new guidelines in June 2021 for Preoperative Assessment and Optimisation for Adult Surgery.

The guideline contains key recommendations for:

  • commissioners
  • NHS X
  • primary care providers
  • surgeons, anaesthetists and multidiscilinary teams
  • preoperative assessment services
Find out more here Download document here
October 5, 2026
Book your early bird place and download the conference programme today.  Join us on 1st March 2027 for The Preoperative Association’s Annual National Conference. For the first time, you can choose to attend in person at the Royal College of Physicians, London , or join us online .
July 6, 2026
Preoperative Care Services for Children and Young People This Best Practice Guidance covers the care of children and young people (0–18 years old) presenting for surgery, procedures or imaging under general anaesthesia or anaesthetic-led sedation.
June 9, 2026
Join us: The current challenges reflective of today's preoperative assessment clinics (demand, capacity and patient pathways) Wednesday 15th July 2026, 7-8pm