Purpose
To ensure the results of colonoscopy are effectively communicated and that patients are offered follow-up treatment or ongoing surveillance in accordance with evidence-based guidelines.
Purpose
To ensure patients recover and are discharged safely with available information about the outcomes of the colonoscopy and arrangements for follow-up.
Purpose
To optimise detection and management of disease, to minimise adverse outcomes for all patients who undergo colonoscopy, and to ensure the colonoscopy is documented adequately in the patient’s health record.
Purpose
To ensure all colonoscopies and associated sedation and clinical care are provided by skilled clinicians at a high level of safety and quality.
Purpose
To ensure the safe and appropriate sedation of patients undergoing colonoscopy.
Purpose
To ensure that patients who present for colonoscopy have a clear bowel that enables a thorough examination.
Purpose
To ensure that each patient is provided with adequate information and time to consider the risks and benefits of colonoscopy before providing informed consent and before starting bowel preparation or any other aspect of the procedure.
Purpose
To ensure colonoscopy is offered to patients who are most likely to benefit from the procedure and within a timeframe concordant with their risk, in a manner consistent with current national evidence-based guidelines.
Purpose
To ensure that communication of information from referring clinicians to colonoscopy clinics and specialists enables the timely and accurate assessment of patients according to clinical urgency and appropriateness.
2019
Template, survey or form
This resource provides guidance on the information a specialist should provide in the follow-up letter to a GP (and patient) when reporting a patient's colonoscopy results.