Pre-Operative Assessment Service

A CASE STUDY WITHIN SOUTH TYNESIDE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

by Gary Stephenson (Cincinnati Associates)

PISO ® Business Associate and External Consultant for

IPH (Improvement Partnership for Hospitals)

Date of Submission: 6th September, 2006

A report submitted in fulfilment of the regulations governing the award of PISO ® Practitioner Certification, University of Sunderland