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Integrated Performance Measures Monitoring, Quarter ending March 2013

The Integrated Performance Measures Monitoring (IPMR) statistics for the quarter ending 31 March 2013 were released today by NHS England:

Diabetes
Access to Midwifery
Stroke/Transient Ischaemic Attack (TIA)
NHS Health Checks

The main findings for Q4 2012/13 were:

Diabetes

  • 99.0% of patients with diabetes were offered screening for diabetic retinopathy during the previous 12 months.

Access to Midwifery

  • The number of women who have seen a midwife or a maternity healthcare professional, for health and social care assessment of needs, risks and choices by 12 weeks and 6 days of pregnancy was 159,607 compared to the 179,851 women who were seen by a maternity healthcare professional at any time within this quarter.
  • Of the women who gave birth in Q4 2012-13, 96.7% had seen a maternity health professional within the first 12 weeks and 6 days of their maternity, based on the corresponding data from Q2 2012-13.

Stroke – Transient Ischaemic Attack (TIA)

  • Nationally 83.6% of patients admitted with a stroke spent 90% of their time on a stroke unit.
  • For TIA nationally 74.9% of those patients with a higher risk of stroke presenting in an outpatient setting were treated within 24 hours.

NHS Health checks

  • The number of NHS Health Checks offered during April – March was 2,572,471 with NHS Health Checks being received by 1,262,618 people.

Integrated Performance Measures Monitoring, Quarter ending March 2013 (previously Vital Signs Monitoring Report)