In performance, the theatre is efficient if the auditorium is full, and speech carries quite well because of the small volume, flat ceiling, modulated sidewalls, excellent vertical sight lines, and direct hearing lines from all seats to the stage.
Work has been done to make its hospitals more productive by making operating theatres more efficient, increasing the number of day cases and trying to reduce overnight stays.
Others suggest that these events are symptoms of a dysfunctional democratic system in which the street is a more efficient theatre of protest than parliament.Popular malaise has certainly been simmering for a while.
In addition to financial reasoning – the current political pressures on waiting lists serve to amplify the importance of effecting efficient theatre usage.
This study investigated its validity as: a managerial tool, an inter-Trust indicator of efficient theatre use and as a marker of service performance for surgeons.
We're the most energy-efficient theatre company in the country".
We know, for instance, some operating theatres have really efficient ways of working that meet the needs of patients, while others work to very rigid procedures.
Having a well-equipped, clean and efficient operating theatre on wheels that can get to many parts of the country could help accident victims, mothers having difficulty giving birth, and those who cannot get to a hospital.
Efficient use of theatre sessions relies on prompt start times, an appropriately booked theatre case-mix, efficient patient turnover, and finishing on time to reduce overtime costings.
That's the hyper-neurotic end of the scale, but consider the life-and-death impact in an operating theatre: one surgeon thinks being efficient is synonymous with being an abject arsehole, the team's performance plummets and the patient dies.
