The statistics on Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) Risk Assessment in England for July 2014 produced by NHS England were released on 3^rd October 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 July 2014, as reported in this data collection, 96% of these received a VTE risk assessment on admission, the same as June 2014.
• All the NHS regions (London, North of England, South of England, Midlands and East of England) achieved the 95% goal in this month: 98% for the North, Midlands and East of England and South regions and 97% for the London region.
• In July 2014 there were 28 trusts (9% of all trusts) that were below the 95% threshold, with most of them (24 out of 28) between 90-95%, that is, getting closer to the NHS Standard Contract threshold. This is an improvement from 26 out of 33 trusts in June 2014.
• In July 2014, the proportion of admissions receiving a VTE risk assessment was slightly lower for NHS acute care providers (96%) than for Independent Sector providers (99%), with NHS acute care providers carrying out around 97% of all VTE risk assessments.

The full data tables can be found on the NHS England website: https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/vte/vte-risk-assessment-2014-15/