Core information set for surgical innovation

Are you involved in consultation discussions with patients being offered new surgical procedures or devices?

A core information set (CIS) was developed to guide consultation discussions with patients offered new surgical procedures/devices. The widespread use of the CIS in the NHS will ensure patients are provided with transparent and consistent information about surgical innovation to help optimise consent and shared decision making for surgery.

Download the full CIS for free

The core information set is free to use for not-for-profit organisations, not-for-profit research organisations, or not-for-profit healthcare establishments (e.g. NHS Trusts).

The full materials optimised for end-users can be obtained with a free non-commercial user license here.

If you are a commercial entity interested in a license, please contact red-innovation@bristol.ac.uk for further information on commercial terms and conditions and license fees.

How was the CIS developed?

The CIS was developed with multiple national interest holders, using robust methodology. Guidance for the development of CIS and core outcome sets (COS-STAD) were followed across three study phases:

  1. Generation of a provisional CIS from multiple data sources relating to surgical innovation, patient consent and shared decision-making
  2. Refinement and agreement of CIS information themes with input from key interest holders (patient representatives, surgeon innovators, anaesthetists, lawyers, ethicists, medical directors, academic experts, and regulatory representatives) 
  3. Public consultation to finalise the CIS

A stakeholder workshop was held 4 July 2022 to discuss implementation of the core information set. Experts in shared decision making and consent were invited as guest speakers. Watch the recordings on our YouTube channel

Next steps

Work to validate the core information set and define optimal ways to implement the information domains is currently underway.

Please contact us if you would like to be involved

Funding

This study is supported through an NIHR Clinician Scientist fellowship (CS-2017-17-010) and The Bristol NIHR Biomedical Research Centre (BRC-1215-20011).

Governance

Ethical approval was granted by The University of Bristol Faculty Research Ethics Committee (ID: 111362).