VTE Risk Assessment data collection: July 2013
The July 2013 data on Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) Risk Assessment in England, produced by NHS England, were released on 4th October 2013 according to the arrangements approved by the UK Statistics Authority.
Key Points
The key results for data collected on the number and proportion of VTE Risk Assessments carried out on adult admissions to NHS funded acute care are as follows:
– Of the 1.2 million adult patients admitted to NHS funded acute care in July 2013, as reported in this data collection, 96% of these received a VTE risk assessment on admission, a slight increase compared to 95% in Quarter 1 2013/14.
– In July 2013, the proportion of admissions receiving a VTE risk assessment was slightly lower for NHS acute care providers (96%) than IS providers (98%), with NHS acute care providers carrying out around 98% of all VTE risk assessments.
– Overall, all the regions achieved the 95% goal in July 2013. At NHS Region level, performance varied from:
- 96.9% in the North of England, similar to the 96.3% in Quarter 1 2013/14;
- 97.4% in the Midlands and East of England, similar to 97.1% in Quarter 1 2013/14;
- 97.0% in the South of England, increasing slightly from the 96.7% in Quarter 1 2013/14;
- 96.0% in London, similar to 96.3% in Quarter 1 2013/14. In July 2013, 268 providers (out of 313 providers who submitted data) reported that at least 95% of adult admissions were risk assessed for VTE increasing from the 259 providers (out of 316 providers who submitted data) in Quarter 1 2013/14.
– In July 2013, 268 providers (out of 313 providers who submitted data) reported that at least 95% of adult admissions were risk assessed for VTE increasing from the 259 providers (out of 316 providers who submitted data) in Quarter 1 2013/14.
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VTE-Pre-Release-Access-List-July-2013 (PDF, 19KB)
VTE-Press-Notice-July-2013 (PDF, 31KB)
VTE-July-2013-Data (XLS, 82KB )
VTE-July-2013-Data (CSV, 26KB )
Full data tables from previous quarters can be found here.
For more information see the VTE Risk Assessment page.
Contact Us
You can obtain further details about the statistics published in this section or send in your comments by emailing the team at the address below.
Email: vte@dh.gsi.gov.uk