The August 2014 data for the Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) Risk Assessment data collection in England by NHS England and revisions for Quarters 3 and 4 2013/14, Quarter 1 2014/15 and July 2014 were released on 7^th November 2014 according to the arrangements approved by the UK Statistics Authority.

Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) Risk Assessment data collection – August 2014

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 1.1 million adult patients admitted to NHS funded acute care in August 2014, as reported in this data collection, 96% of these received a VTE risk assessment on admission, the same as July 2014.
• In August 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.
• 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, South and London regions and 98% for the Midlands and East of England.
• In August 2014 there were 33 trusts (10% of all trusts) that were below the 95% threshold, with most of them (28 out of 33) between 90-95%, that is, getting closer to the NHS Standard Contract threshold.

Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) Risk Assessment data collection – Revisions for Quarters 3 and 4 2013/14, Quarter 1 2014/15 and July 2014

• Revised data for Quarters 3 and 4 2013/14, Quarters 1 2014/15 and July 2014 were also published. The commentary for these quarters and the press notice for July 2014 have not been revised as the changes had a small impact on national figures (around or below 0.1 percentage points).

The full data tables can be found in the NHS England website:

https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/vte/vte-risk-assessment-2014-15/
https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/vte/vte-risk-assessment-2013-14/