Table 2 Perceived barriers to anaesthetic input into perioperative medicine
Strongly agree | Agree | Neither | Disagree | Strongly disagree | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Anaesthetists do not want to practice perioperative medicine | 9% | 31% | 24% | 30% | 6% |
53 | 197 | 151 | 182 | 35 | |
Increased anaesthetic input into the perioperative pathway will not affect patient outcomes | 1% | 5% | 14% | 59% | 21% |
9 | 28 | 87 | 368 | 127 | |
There is no room in current job plans | 35% | 41% | 17% | 6% | 1% |
214 | 251 | 102 | 42 | 7 | |
Anaesthetists lack sufficient training in perioperative medicine | 8% | 43% | 22% | 22% | 5% |
46 | 266 | 138 | 138 | 28 | |
Physicians are better placed to deliver perioperative medicine | 3% | 14% | 31% | 38% | 14% |
22 | 87 | 189 | 234 | 82 | |
Surgical teams are reluctant to allow increased anaesthetic input into perioperative services | 2% | 16% | 24% | 46% | 12% |
15 | 97 | 151 | 280 | 75 | |
The implementation of innovative pathways of care is not supported by the management at my trust | 7% | 24% | 39% | 27% | 3% |
44 | 147 | 238 | 164 | 21 | |
The cost of increasing perioperative services would be too high | 8% | 35% | 34% | 19% | 4% |
50 | 213 | 210 | 120 | 23 | |
There are not enough anaesthetists to deliver perioperative medicine | 27% | 48% | 11% | 12% | 2% |
165 | 300 | 65 | 75 | 10 | |
There is a lack of evidence linking increased perioperative anaesthetic input with improved patient outcomes | 3% | 21% | 38% | 32% | 6% |
19 | 131 | 230 | 199 | 38 | |
Physicians are encroaching on perioperative medicine | 1% | 10% | 30% | 50% | 9% |
9 | 63 | 182 | 303 | 57 |