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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 March 2012
Since the early 1990s, clinicians in the NHS have been advocating the separation of elective from emergency surgical care, in order to improve productivity and relieve pressure on the acute sector. Day surgery units were developed as early models of elective surgery centres. In 1999 the first treatment centre in England dedicated to a wider range of elective procedures was opened at the Central Middlesex Hospital. In 2002, the Department of Health announced that it was creating a programme of similar NHS treatment centres, including a number of independent sector treatment centres (ISTC).
The aims of the Treatment Centre Programme were to:
Provide the extra clinical capacity needed to deliver swift access to treatment for NHS patients
Spearhead diversity and choice in clinical services for NHS patients
Stimulate innovative models of service delivery
Drive up productivity.
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