The statistics on Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) Risk Assessment in England for May 2014, produced by NHS England, were released on 1^st August 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 1.2 million adult patients admitted to NHS funded acute care in May 2014, as reported in this data collection, 96% of these received a VTE risk assessment on admission, the same as April 2014.

• In May 2014, the proportion of admissions receiving a VTE risk assessment was slightly lower for NHS acute care providers (96%) than for Independent Sector providers (98%), 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 May 2014, 87% of the providers (278 trusts) carried out a VTE risk assessment for 95% or more of their admissions, decreasing 2 percentage points (285 trusts) in April 2014 The percentage of trusts carrying out a VTE risk assessment for 90% to below 95% of their admissions, and therefore nearing the NHS Standard Contract target, is 11% (34 trusts).

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VTE Risk Assessment 2014-15

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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: england.vte@nhs.net