Access to Plastic Surgery Survey

Access to reconstructive plastic surgery can be limited by financial, workforce, facilities and training challenges as well as capacity and geographical factors.

Improving equity begins with understanding these limitations. We would be grateful if you could share your experience and opinion by answering the following 9 questions (Answers will be kept anonymous).
Many Thanks
Jo Skillman and Haneen Abed (Plastic Surgeons at UHCW)
1.Which region do you work in?
2.Do you offer the following procedures in YOUR unit?
Often (> 20 cases / year)
Sometimes (10 - 19 cases per year)
Rarely (<10 cases per year)
Never
Other
Wide local excision and oncoplastic type 1 procedure
Therapeutic mammaplasty
Chest wall perforator flaps
Implant reconstruction
Lipomodelling
LD reconstruction
DIEP reconstruction
Surgical prevention or treatment of lymphoedema
3.Do you have referral pathways in place for patients requiring the following procedures?
yes
no
Unilateral Immediate autologous reconstruction
Unilateral delayed autologous reconstruction
Bilateral autologous reconstruction (including risk reducing patients)
4.How easy do you feel it is to access a plastic surgery opinion for your patients?
5.Does a plastic surgeon attend your MDT?
6.In your opinion, what would be the easiest and most effective way to increase capacity for autologous reconstruction?
Increasing numbers coming through your unit
Increasing the number of women done in the private sector as NHS patients
Increasing the number of plastic surgeons
Increasing the number of NHS units providing autologous reconstruction
Shared plastic surgeon consultant appointment between breast and plastic surgery unit
Other (please add comment below)
Straightforward, effective and feasible
Probably achieveable
Possible
Unrealistic
7.How many patients have developed breast cancer whilst on the waiting list for risk reducing mastectomy and autologous reconstruction?
8.Do patients on the waiting list have access to psychological support, either through a counsellor or breast care nurse?
9.Thank you for contributing to this survey. If you have any comments, please include them here. If you would like feedback on the results of the survey, please include your email address.