OWE-039 Nurse inpatient endoscopy coordinator: interim analysis of a quality improvement project

Introduction

The Gastroenterology department at Leeds Teaching Hospitals is large tertiary referral centre with a catchment area of more than 8 00 000 people. Several issues have been identified that have impacted on the timely provision of an inpatient endoscopy service such as incomplete pre-endoscopy ward checklists, incomplete bowel preparation for lower gastrointestinal endoscopy, non-adherence to fasting guidelines and last-minute...