This topic covers statistical outputs that provide measures of the capacity and activity carried out in NHS Trusts and Foundation Trusts.
Publications
Bed availability and bed occupancy.
Statistics on women aged 50 to 70 invited for regular breast screening to detect cancers under a national programme.
Critical care beds.
The Survey of Domiciliary Care Providers Northern Ireland, is based on the findings from a self-completed postal survey of 154 providers of domiciliary care across the statutory, voluntary and independent sectors in Northern Ireland. The survey elicited providers views on; domiciliary practices and procedures, the extent to which the views of users informed providers decisions and providers views of the degree to which they considered they were meeting regulations and minimum standards of domiciliary care.
This statistical bulletin presents information on the number of clients receiving domiciliary care services from the statutory and independent sectors during a survey week. It provides information on the number of domiciliary care contact hours provided, the number of client visits and the number of clients receiving domiciliary care during this survey week.
Presents information from a variety of sources to give a picture of the number of people benefiting from free personal care and free nursing care in Scotland, and how much Local Authorities spend on personal care services.
This statistical bulletin presents information on hearing aid assessments and re-assessments by audiologists in Northern Ireland. Information has been derived from the quarterly collection AUD1 and monitors information on both adults and children fitted and assessed for hearing aids during the quarter, complaints received, and cost of hearing aids issued. In addition, the collection monitors complete and incomplete waits for assessment during the quarter and the length of time patients were waiting or had waited following referral to an audiologist (specified time bands).
Imaging and radio diagnostics.
This Statistical Release gives summary information, provided by the NHS, on bed use.
Older People Services Measuring Relative Needs
Overview
The statistics on the Health system’s hospitals and facilities measure the capacity of NHS Trusts and Foundation Trusts, and also the activity carried out by these organisations.
These include:
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NHS Bed availability and occupancy
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NHS Critical care census
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Imaging and Radio-diagnostic examinations or tests
Technical Data
Bed availability and occupancy
This information provides a count of available and occupied bed days by broad ward classification. It includes both inpatient, day case and residential beds across all sectors of the NHS. The source is the KH03 annual return from NHS trusts and relates to available and occupied bed days over a 12-month period between 1 April of one year and 31 March of the following year.
Availability and occupancy are measured at midnight so by definition there cannot be more than one patient occupying the bed. Therefore, bed occupancy, that is occupied beds as a percentage of available beds, never exceeds 100 per cent.
Critical Care census
The census provides a national count of critical care beds and enables provision to be measured on a consistent basis across all trusts. The census is taken twice a year, once in January and once in July. The census is collected from NHS Trusts in England and provides a count of the number of adult intensive care beds and adult high dependency beds available on census day.
Imaging and Radio-diagnostic examinations or tests
This information provides a count of imaging and radiodiagnostic examinations or tests by imaging modality, that is CT, MRI, radiographs, obstetric ultrasound, non-obstetric ultrasound, radio-isotopes and fluoroscopy. The source is the KH12 annual return from NHS Trusts and relates to imaging and radiodiagnostic examinations or tests carried out over a 12 month period between 1 April of one year and 31 March of the following year.
Glossary
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Bed availability
The average number of beds available (or occupied) at midnight in each NHS Trust in England.
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Bed occupancy rate
The average number of beds occupied at midnight divided by the average number of beds occupied or available.
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Critical Care beds available
A count of available (or occupied) beds in intensive care and high dependency units.
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CT
Computed tomography (CT), sometimes called CAT scan, uses special x-ray equipment to obtain image data from different angles around the body, then uses computer processing of the information to show a cross-section of body tissues and organs.
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Fluoroscopy
Fluoroscopy is an imaging technique commonly used by physicians to obtain real-time images of the internal structures of a patient through the use of a fluoroscope. In its simplest form, a fluoroscope consists of an x-ray source and fluorescent screen between which a patient is placed.
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High Dependency Unit
A subset of intensive care, a high dependency unit (HDU) is an area for patients who require more intensive observation, treatment and nursing care than are usually provided on a general ward. It is a standard of care between the general ward and full intensive care.
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Imaging and Radiodiagnostics
A set of examinations or tests including CT, MRI, radiographs, obstetric ultrasound, non-obstetric ultrasound, radio-isotopes and fluoroscopy.
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Intensive Care
Intensive care is needed to care for patients in a life-threatening condition, who need continuous monitoring and treatment. Intensive care units (ICUs) are small, specialised wards, which usually have less than 12 beds, higher numbers of staff, and specialist medical equipment. ICUs receive patients from other hospital wards, high dependency units, direct from surgery or surgical wards, and from accident and emergency departments. When a patient is admitted to an ICU, they are cared for by an intensive care specialist, as well as the treatment team who cared for them when they were first admitted to hospital, plus any other specialists who may be able to help with their recovery.
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MRI
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a method of producing extremely detailed pictures of body tissues and organs without the need for x-rays. The electromagnetic energy that is released when exposing a patient to radio waves in a strong magnetic field is measured and analysed by a computer, which forms two- or three-dimensional images that may be viewed on a TV monitor.
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Neonatal intensive care (NIC)
Some intensive care units have separate units attached to care specifically for newborn babies. Approximately 10 per cent of babies need special medical support when they are born, and 1-3 per cent often need neonatal intensive care for several weeks.
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Paediatric intensive care (PIC)
Paediatric ICUs are for children who are under the age of 16, although most of the children that need PIC are under one year old. Older children and teenagers may receive care in a normal adult ICU, or a paediatric ICU, depending on where they feel most comfortable.
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Radio-isotopes
Radioactive materials (radioisotopes or radionucleides) used to pinpoint disease. It reveals the size and shape of the target organ and whether any part of it is failing to take up radioactive material, usually an indication of disease.The speciality known as nuclear medicine makes use of the affinity of different chemical elements for certain parts of the body.
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