Is my practice suitable to be set up as an OBAS centre?

Office based surgery is a rapidly growing industry. The potential benefits to you, the practitioner, are many:

• You are able to look after your patients in your own clinic, without the need to refer to external services.
• Scheduling becomes easy, there is no need to fit in around a busy theatre/day surgery centre - you can book patients into surgical sessions that suit you.
• Procedures can be done using your own equipment and staff.
• Patients value the personal service, ability to be cared for at their regular clinic, with greater privacy, and usually lower cost than hospitals/day centres.

Office based surgery may be suitable for ambulatory procedures that would otherwise have traditionally been performed in day centres or hospitals as day cases. Common examples include dental extractions or implants. However, office based surgery can safely extend to other surgical disciplines for minor procedures.

OBAS has extensive experience in the field of ambulatory surgery and anaesthesia. To determine if this is the optimal model for your practice, OBAS performs a full assessment of the clinic, as we have done with many centres. A written report is produced detailing the suitability of your facility providing office based anaesthesia. The report specifies the requirements to make your facility OBAS compliant. At this point, if the model is appropriate and you wish to proceed, OBAS provides all necessary support and equipment in the establishment, as well as all ongoing anaesthetic services.