Improving accuracy of coding plastic surgical operations

Abstract

The call by Rees and Longfield for "encouraging collaboration through audit"' between the NHS and the Health Care Service for Prisoners is timely. Because of its relative poverty and restricted pool of expertise, the prison service is most unlikely to be able to develop effective audit on its own. However, it is extremely doubtful that "help from visiting NHS consultants" will prove a good "way of transferring expertise"'.