TY - JOUR T1 - An acute care collaboration vanguard: translating a perioperative service from a tertiary referral centre to a district general hospital (DGH) JF - Future Healthcare Journal JO - Future Healthc J SP - 89 LP - 89 DO - 10.7861/futurehosp.6-1-s89 VL - 6 IS - Suppl 1 AU - Ruth De Las Casas AU - Anna Whittle AU - Catherine Meilak AU - Judith Partridge AU - Jugdeep Dhesi Y1 - 2019/03/01 UR - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/6/Suppl_1/89.abstract N2 - To translate the Proactive care of Older People undergoing Surgery service (POPS) from Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust (GSTT) to Dartford and Gravesham Foundation Trust (DGT).POPS at GSTT has demonstrated geriatrician-led perioperative care improves outcomes and reduces length of stay. Vanguard status between GSTT and DGT facilitated scoping work which demonstrated a local vascular POPS service at DGT would improve user-experience and service accessibility. It was hypothesised that implementing POPS would improve patient, clinician, and process-reported outcomes at … ER -