Welcome to the Centre for Perioperative Care
CPOC is a cross-specialty collaboration dedicated to the promotion, advancement and development of perioperative care for the benefit of patients at all stages of their surgical journey.
Peter's Journey: An Example of Shared Decision Making for Patients
CPOC and the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges collaborated to create an animation for patients to illustrate what Shared Decision Making should look like. Read more on Shared Decision Making here.
CPOC latest news
CPOC response to the 10-Year Health Plan consultation
CPOC response to the 10-Year Health Plan consultation
Joe Wicks helps people get fit for surgery
CPOC has collaborated with Joe Wicks to help people get fit for surgery
The Surgical Outcome Risk Tool (SORT) turns 10!
National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome and Death (NCEPOD) is celebrating 10 years of the SORT tool.
Explore the Centre for Perioperative Care
About CPOC
What are CPOC and what will we do? What is perioperative care and why is it important?
For Patients
Improving patient experience and quality of care is at the heart of what we do
What is Perioperative Care?
What is perioperative care and what does it mean for patients, the public, and professionals?
Top seven Perioperative optimisations
Read new resources and signposting to information to better prepare patients for surgery
Do you have an interest in perioperative care?
There are lots of opportunities for you to get involved.
CPOC aims to build a collaboration between patients, families, clinicians and health professionals along the surgical pathway.
Read our newsletters for all the latest on perioperative care