In its 2002 document Delivering the NHS Plan, the Department of Health set a target of 75% of all surgical procedures being performed as day-case procedures. 1 Tonsillectomy is quoted as one of the operations in the ‘basket’ of 25 procedures deemed suitable by the Audit Commission and the British Association of Day Surgery (BADS). 2 , 3 With respect to tonsillectomy alone, the target is quoted as 70% for children and 80% for adults. 3
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