Provision of Vascular Services (POVS)
First version published by VSGBI in 2012
- 2012 ‘All patients with vascular disease should have 24/7 access to a specialist vascular team, in all parts of the UK’ (55 pages)
- 2015 ‘High quality vascular care is best delivered in the UK by integrated vascular networks’ (36 pages)
- 2018 ‘Urgent vascular care delivered by integrated vascular networks’ (47 pages)
- 2021 ‘’Person centered vascular care” (100 pages)
POVS recognises that vascular surgery is:
Complex - healthcare providers, and their staff, must work together as integrated teams with shared goals and good leadership.
Urgent - many vascular interventions must be delivered in a timely manner to prevent death, suffering or disease progression.
Risky - vascular teams must meet regularly to discuss treatment options and review patient outcomes (MDM and Governance).
Costly - a responsibility to use healthcare resources, facilities and medical devices, effectively to achieve the greatest benefit.
Key themes in POVS
POVS describes high quality & safe vascular services:
- Specialist teams and facilities
- Multi-professional
- Volume outcome relationship important
- Networked models of care
- Changing disease patterns
Publications
Service Specification for the Non-Arterial centres
W0rking Group of Vascular CRG 2013