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NHS Outcomes and Performance

Statistics on NHS outcomes and performance including elective and emergency care provided in hospitals.

STATISTICAL WORK AREAS

FULL LIST OF COLLECTED DATASETS

A list of datasets collected by the Knowledge and Intelligence branch of the Department of Health's Finance, Performance and Operations directorate using the Unify2 data collection tool

Accident and Emergency

A&E attendances, total time spent in A&E and emergency admissions through A&E.

Acute and Non-Acute Delayed Transfers of Care

Monthly situation Report on Acute and Non-Acute Delayed Transfers of Care by NHS Provider and Reason for Delay

Ambulance Quality Indicators

System indicators and clinical Indicators measuring ambulance service quality.

Beds

Beds open overnight, day only beds, critical care beds and residential care beds.

Cancelled Operations

Cancelled operations and the total number of operating theatres.

Cancer Waiting Times

Statistics and information on the waiting times of patients with suspected cancer and those subsequently diagnosed with cancer at NHS Trusts in England.

Diagnostic Waiting Times

Monthly and quarterly diagnostic waiting times (including imaging and radiodiagnostics).

Daily SitReps

Daily Hospital and Daily Flu situation reports.

Direct Access Audiology

Direct Access Audiology - referral to treatment waiting times

Emergency Activity and Critical Care Capacity

Monthly situation reports on A&E activity, cancelled operations and critical care bed capacity.

Hospital Activity

Referrals and attendance for outpatient appointments and Elective admission events.

Inpatient and Outpatient Waiting Times

Inpatient and outpatient waiting times of hospital patients. No longer published after March 2010.

Integrated Performance Measures Monitoring

Report on Primary Care Trust and NHS Trust performance against plans to address selected health priorities relating to the NHS Operating Framework.

Mental Health Community Teams Activity

Mixed-Sex Accommodation

PIP Breast Implants

Two data collections monitoring the "NHS Offer" for patients who have had PIP implants.

Primary Care

Dental contracts & commissioning, GP extended opening hours.

Referral to Treatment (RTT) Waiting Times

Sexual Health

48 Hour Genitourinary Medicine Access Monthly Monitoring (GUMAMM)

Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) Risk Assessment

Information on the number and proportion of admitted adult patients in England who have been risk assessed for VTE.

Weekly A&E Activity

Weekly situation reports on A&E activity.

KNOWLEDGE & INTELLIGENCE (K&I) STATISTICAL POLICY DOCUMENTS

The documents below describe policies for the DH Knowledge and Intelligence (K&I) team in relation to the code of practice for Official Statistics. These are specific policies in addition to the DH organisation-level policies which can be found at:

Revisions Policy

The attached document describes the statistical revisions policy for the performance data and statistics collected by the K&I team.

User Engagement Statement

The attached document describes the K&I team's approach to user engagement.

Statement of Administrative Sources

The attached document provides details about NHS Administrative Systems and their use as a source in the production of K&I official statistics.

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