International journal of surgery
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In February 2010, the UK National Patient Safety Agency set a mandate that the World Health Organisation's Surgical Safety Checklist (SSC) should be completed for every surgical patient within the NHS in a bid to improve surgical safety. However since its introduction, there have been issues with checklist compliance, staff engagement and surgical serious incidents continue. ⋯ The intervention seems to improve rate of checklist completion, particularly signout. It also brought more consistency on the questions read out during checklist administration. It doesn't necessarily ensure all key staff are present neither does it significantly improve staff engagement in the process.