The Perioperative Liaison Service at The Physician’s Clinic is delivered by consultant geriatricians and designed to improve patient outcomes, reduce complications and streamline inpatient care.
As part of this service, we offer comprehensive medical assessment, optimisation and continuity of care for patients undergoing elective or emergency surgery.
Below is an overview of the services we offer. If you have any questions not answered by the information here, please get in touch.
We’ll review your patient’s health in detail and take steps to modify any risks before their operation, including:
For older or complex patients, we’ll provide a structured multidisciplinary review of:
We can offer fully personalised strategies to improve strength, nutrition, mobility, sleep and psychological readiness ahead of surgery.
We also continue consultant-led care following surgery, reviewing patients on the ward in order to:
This continuity of consultant care supports a safer recovery and helps reduce avoidable readmissions.
Our service is suitable for patients undergoing elective or emergency surgery who have:
While we encourage early referral, we are able to offer support at any stage of your patient’s surgical pathway.
We accept referrals from:
The named consultant surgeon must be aware of and approve all referrals.
All direct referrals should be followed by:
Perioperative consultants respond promptly and work closely with surgical, anaesthetic and ward MDTs.
Important: Any new acute medical presentation or deterioration in a surgical inpatient should be referred to the AIM on-call consultant at The Princess Grace Hospital.