Instruction to authors

The Journal of One-day Surgery considers all articles of relevance to day and short-stay surgery. Articles may be in the form of original research, audits, case reports or series, practice development and letters to the editor. Review articles cannot usually be accepted due to lack of space. Research projects must clearly state that ethics committee approval was sought and that patients gave their consent to be included. Patients must not be identifiable unless their written consent has been obtained.

Articles should be submitted double spaced with wide margins and an electronic copy (disc or email) must also be supplied. Articles should be accompanied by a letter requesting publication, which should be signed by all authors. Any source of funding should be declared and authors should also disclose any possible conflict of interest which might be relevant to their article.

The first page should list all authors, the hospital or unit(s) where the work is from and should give a current contract address for the corresponding author. The author should provide three or four keywords describing their article, which should be as informative as possible. Where appropriate, manuscripts should be divided into the following sections: Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion and References. Each section should start on a new page. Tables and figures (if included) should follow, with each on a separate page. Each table and figure should be accompanied by a legend which should be sufficiently informative as to allow it to be interpreted without reference to the main text.

References should be cited numerically in the order they appear in the text. References should list all authors names. Journal titles should be given in full. Please provide both the first and last page numbers.

All submissions are subject to peer review. Proofs will not normally be sent to authors and reprints are not available.

All items should be sent to The Editor:

Dr. Ian Smith,
Directorate of Anaesthesia,
University Hospital of North Staffordshire,
Newcastle Road,
Stoke-on-Trent,
ST4 6QG

or by email to damsmith@btinternet.com