This is the publication of the Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) Risk Assessment data collection by NHS England for the period covering November 2013 in England. It was released on 7^th February 2014 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 1.12 million adult patients admitted to NHS funded acute care in November 2013, as reported in this data collection, 96% of these received a VTE risk assessment on admission, the same as October 2013.
• In November 2013, the proportion of admissions receiving a VTE risk assessment was slightly lower for NHS acute care providers (96%) than independent sector (IS) providers (99%), with NHS acute care providers carrying out around 97% of all VTE risk assessments.
• All the NHS regions (London, North of England, South of England, Midlands and East of England) achieved the 95% goal in this month.
• In November 2013, 88% of the providers (277 trusts) carried out a VTE risk assessment for 95% or more of their admissions, an increase of 3 percentage points from 86% (273 trusts) in October 2013. The percentage of trusts carrying out a VTE risk assessment for 90% to below 95% of their admissions, and therefore nearing the CQUIN goal, is 9% (30 trusts).

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VTE-Pre-Release-Access-List-November-2013 (PDF, 19KB)
VTE-Press-Notice-November-2013 (PDF, 31KB)
VTE-Risk-Assessment-November-2013-Data (CSV, 28KB)
VTE-Risk-Assessment-November-2013-Data (XLS, 79KB)
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