PROVISION OF PAEDIATRIC SURGERY UNDER THREAT

Towell, Elaine

College Communications Department

Bulletin of the Royal College of Surgeons of England 89(1):p 25, January 2007.

The British Association of Paediatric Surgeons (BAPS) exists to ensure that young patients receive the best surgical care possible by setting and maintaining a ‘gold standard’ for paediatric surgery. Currently the association is concerned that the safety of young patients is at risk due to an increasing lack of general paediatric surgery provision in the district general hospital (DGH) setting.