Mean time to theatre and percentage of patients undergoing operative intervention within 36 h of admission according to day of admission
| Day | First cycle | Second cycle | p Value† | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time (h)* | <36 h (%) | Time (h)* | <36 h (%) | ||
| Monday | 40±22 | 48 | 27±14 | 85 | 0.0025 |
| Tuesday | 50±25 | 23 | 37±33 | 71 | 0.0001 |
| Wednesday | 48±28 | 28 | 24±11 | 82 | <0.0001 |
| Thursday | 55±55 | 27 | 34±25 | 56 | 0.0414 |
| Friday | 51±43 | 57 | 24±8 | 86 | 0.0080 |
| Saturday | 52±46 | 41 | 22±13 | 77 | 0.0061 |
| Sunday | 45±47 | 62 | 26±19 | 78 | 0.1727 |
| All days | 49±39 | 41 | 27±19 | 78 | <0.0001 |
*Mean±SD. †Two-sample t test between percentages comparing achievement of BPT target theatre <36 h between audit cycles; bold values significant.
BPT, Best Practice Tariff.