The Department has today published the latest statistical information regarding response times for ambulance services and on outcomes for those patients transported by ambulance. Information on systems indicators is provided by ambulance trusts and relate to the initial call. Clinical outcomes information is received from other organisations  such as acute trusts for determining outcome. Monthly […]

The Department has today published the latest statistical information relating to hospital and flu situation reports for the 4 day period ending 28 February 2013.  Daily situation reporting for winter 2012-13 ended on 28 February 2013. The data is collected from acute trusts each weekday during winter and indicates where there are any winter pressures […]

The Department today published its monthly commissioner based and provider based waiting times and activity data for diagnostic tests and procedures for January 2013.  It has also published the Quarterly Diagnostics Census Data for quarter ending 31 December 2012. Further information and the data is available here.

VTE Risk Assessment data collection – 2012-13 Quarter 3 The tenth set of quarterly statistics on Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) Risk Assessment in England, produced by the Department of Health have been published according to the arrangements approved by the UK Statistics Authority. The key points from the latest release are: The key results for data […]

The Department has today published the latest statistical information relating to hospital and flu situation reports for the week ending 24 February 2013. The data is collected from acute trusts each weekday and indicates where there are any winter pressures on the service around the country such as: A&E closures cancelled operations bed pressures ambulance […]

The latest quarterly statistics on waiting times for suspected and diagnosed cancer patients accessing services within the NHS, produced by the Department of Health, were released on 22 February 2013 according to the arrangements approved by the UK Statistics Authority. Cancer Waiting Times commentary Q3 2012-13 (commissioner based) Pre-release Access List Q3 2012-13 Cancer Waiting […]

NHS inpatient and outpatient waiting events figures for the quarter ending 31st December 2012 include data for England, Strategic Health Authorities, and NHS Trusts and PCTs. The latest quarterly statistics on NHS inpatient and outpatient waiting events produced by the Department of Health were released on 22nd February 2013 according to the arrangements approved by […]

The latest quarterly national statistics on waiting times for suspected and diagnosed cancer patients accessing NHS services produced by the Department of Health were released on 22 February 2012 according to the arrangements approved by the UK Statistics Authority. Pre-release Access List Q3 2012-13 Cancer Waiting Times press release Q3 2012-13 (provider based) Cancer Waiting […]

The Department today published the latest statistical data relating to bed availability and occupancy.  Data is collected for beds open day only and overnight for each NHS provider.  It shows average daily number of available and occupied beds as well as the percentage occupancy. Detailed information is available at Beds: Bed Availability and Occupancy

The annual report on NHS Consultant-led Referral to Treatment (RTT) waiting times produced by the Department of Health was released on 14th February 2013 according to the arrangements approved by the UK Statistics Authority. The key points are: The majority of RTT patients started treatment within 18 weeks of referral in 2012. The percentage of […]