The February 2015 data for the Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) Risk Assessment data collection in England by NHS England and revisions for Quarters 1, 2 and 3 2014/15, were released on 1st May 2015 according to the arrangements approved by the UK Statistics Authority.

Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) Risk Assessment data collection – February 2015

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 1.1 million adult patients admitted to NHS funded acute care in February 2015, as reported in this data collection, 96% of these received a VTE risk assessment on admission, the same as January 2015.
• In February 2015, 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.
• All the NHS regions (London, North of England, South of England, Midlands and East of England) achieved the 95% goal in this month: 97% for the North, and London regions and 98% for the Midlands and East and South regions.
• In February 2015 there were 27 providers (9% of all providers) that were below the 95% threshold, with most of them (22 out of 27) between 90-95% that is, getting closer to the NHS Standard Contract threshold. This is compared to 17 out of 20 in January 2015.

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/