The statistics on Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) Risk Assessment in England for February 2014, produced by NHS England, were released on 2^nd May 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 1.1 million adult patients admitted to NHS funded acute care in February 2014, as reported in this data collection, 96% of these received a VTE risk assessment on admission, the same as January 2014.

• In February 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 on average the 95% goal in this month.

• In February 2014, 91% of the providers (287 trusts) carried out a VTE risk assessment for 95% or more of their admissions, an increase of 3 percentage points from 89% (283 trusts) in January 2014. The percentage of trusts carrying out a VTE risk assessment for 90% to below 95% of their admissions, and therefore nearing the CQUIN goal, is 9% (29 trusts).

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February 2014 Data Publication

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You can obtain further details about the statistics published in this section or send in your comments by emailing the team at the address below.

Email: england.vte@nhs.net