Theatre utilisation | Time when theatres are occupied with a patient | 70.02% | 80.15% | 82.5% |
Late starts | Surgical sessions when the start of surgery is delayed | 35 minutes (97%) | 22 minutes (85%) | 16 minutes (71%) |
Early finishes | Sessions when the end of the last surgery is too early, wasting effective time of theatre | 43% | 24% | 21% |
Turnaround time | Time in which no surgery is in place | 23 minutes | 16 minutes | 15 minutes |
Downtime between cases | Idle time after the operating theatre has been emptied | 11 minutes | 4 minutes | 3 minutes |
Surgical activity | Number of operations per year | 8,154 | 8,731 | 9,200 |
Cancellations on the day | Percentage of operations cancelled or reprogrammed in surgical session | 23% | 14% | 9% |
Economic gains | Yearly gains generated by the new approach | n/a | 3% (€1.88M/year) | 8% (€2.31M/year) |