This book helps to improve the quality of the care in gynaecological practice. Improvement is driven by clinical effectiveness and increasing patient demands, and for each area of practice described this book outlines the service organization needed to achieve this improvement. The goal is to help clinicians take responsibility for developing services that meet the needs of their patients as well as managing their individual medical conditions. The book demonstrates that much can be achieved within current resources and without the need for major additional expense. Different approaches are demonstrated but the key issue is the patient pathway, with the underlying philosophy of continuous improvement in quality. Trainees, clinicians, managers and commissioners of services in obstetrics and gynaecology will find this book of immense practical value.
Edited by:
Tahir Mahmood,
Allan Templeton (University of Aberdeen),
Charnjit Dhillon
Imprint: RCOG Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 234mm,
Width: 156mm,
Spine: 10mm
Weight: 300g
ISBN: 9781906985189
ISBN 10: 1906985189
Pages: 172
Publication Date: 01 June 2009
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
,
Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
1. Setting the scene Tahir Mahmood and Charnjit Dhillon; 2. Early pregnancy loss, including ectopic pregnancy and recurrent miscarriage Roy Farquharson and Feroza Dawood; 3. Infertility Mark Hamilton; 4. Acute gynaecology Edmond Ed-Osagie; 5. Sexual and reproductive health services Alison Bigrigg, Audrey Brown and Kay McAllister; 6. Termination of pregnancy Kamal Ojha and Arti Matah; 7. Heavy menstrual bleeding Lilantha Wedisinghe and Mary Ann Lumsden; 8. Post-reproductive gynaecology Ailsa Gebbie and Margaret Rees; 9. Urogynaecology Robert Freeman and Ash Monga; 10. Vulval disease Charles Redman and Richard Todd; 11. Gynaecological oncology Henry Kitchener and Andy Nordin; 12. Colposcopy services Mahmood Shafi, Maggie Cruickshank and John Tidy; 13. Laparoscopic surgery Salma Kayani, Georgios Pandis and Alfred Cutner; 14. Gynaecological risk management Leroy Edozien; 15. The role of the clinical director Gavin MacNab; 16. Recommendations Tahir Mahmood, Allan Templeton and Charnjit Dhillon; Index.
Tahir Mahmood is a Consultant and Regional College Adviser at Victoria Hospital. He is Chair of the Steering Group of the RCOG's Office for Research and Clinical Audit and immediate past Vice President (Standards) for the RCOG. Allan Templeton is past President of the RCOG. Until January 2012, he was a Professor (Academic (Grade)) at Aberdeen Maternity Hospital. He currently serves on the following RCOG committees: ORCA Steering Group (Chair); Abortion Guideline Development Group Working Party (co-opted); Advisory Group (Fellows' Representative); Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare (RCOG Representative); Standards Board (Honorary Clinical Director ORCA/NRHRN); and Advisory Appointments Committee. Charnjit Dhillon is a previous Director of Standards at the RCOG.
