What does DC stand for?

Day Case (medical procedures)

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Samples in periodicals archive:

In 2008, the acute hospitals admitted more than 637,140 day case patients and more than 604,320 in-patients - a total of more than 1.

Built on the former concert hall site, the new unit, comprises two extra traditional operating theatres and a replacement day case theatre.

The compulsory screening of day case patients has been introduced in the past couple of weeks.

The 1109-bed adult hospital will provide in-patient care, some medical day cases and outpatient clinics.

The situation was even worse for day cases with 66 per cent of children and 31 per cent of adults waiting longer than target periods.

The Valentine's Day case includes a free copy of Love Letters from the Everyman Library Pocket Collection.

He said: "Advances in medical procedures mean that more and more patients can now be treated as day cases.

Byline: By HELEN HUNT Health Reporter A SHAKE-UP at Southport and Ormskirk's cash-strapped hospitals will lead to more patients treated as day cases.