Figure 1.

Data from Padegimas et al. [17] for their examples of (a) two parallel, independent operating lists (Theatre 1 (red) and Theatre 2 (blue)) each with three cases of 3‐h duration and a turnover time between cases of 45 min and (b) an overlapping model where the Theatre 1 (red) list resembles that in (a) and the cases in the Theatre 2 (blue) list are staggered such that anaesthesia commences to enable the senior surgeon from the Theatre 1 (red) list to start Theatre 2 (blue) surgery after the critical portion in Theatre 1 (red) is complete. Note that this overlapping model can, within the time available, only deliver four completed cases vs. six in the conventional model shown in (a). [Colour figure can be viewed at wileyonlinelibrary.com]