Venous Thromboembolism Risk Assessment
Quantifies the numbers and proportion of inpatient hospital admissions, aged 16 and over, who are being risk assessed for Venous Thromboembolism (VTE).
About this standard
- Publisher
- NHS England
- Also known as
- Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) Risk Assessment
- VTE Risk Assessment
- Reference code
- DCB1593 Amd 99/2018
- Publication date
- 18/10/2018
- Status
- Active
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- Standard type
- Collections
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Collections. A Collection is a systematic gathering of a specified selection of data or information for a particular stated purpose from existing records held within health and care systems and electronic devices.
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- Collection level
Aggregate level
- Frequency
Dataset publication or collection occurs every three months.
- Contact point
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- Applies to
- NHS Services: Acute providers
- Associated medias
Topics and care settings
- Topic
- Care
- Care setting
- Hospital
Review Information
- Scope
- All providers of NHS funded acute hospital care (including foundation trusts and independent sector providers of acute NHS services).
- Approval date
- 28/09/2018
- Post Implementation review Date
- 31/03/2019
Legal basis and endorsements
- Legal authority
Section 250 of the Health and Social Care Act 2012
This standard is published under section 250 of the Health and Social Care Act 2012.
Section 259 of the Health and Social Care Act 2012
NHS standard contract
More information
The data collection asks for 3 items of information:
- Number of patients aged 16 and over admitted in the month who have been risk assessed for VTE on admission to hospital using the criteria in a National VTE Risk Assessment Tool.
- Total number of patients aged 16 and over admitted in the month.
- Calculated from (1) and (2), the percentage of patients aged 16 and over, admitted within the month assessed for risk of VTE on admission.
The collection and publication of this data was paused to release NHS capacity to support the response to coronavirus (COVID-19). Following requests to restart, the collection underwent an assurance process which included consultation with providers. Following the feedback, the VTE Risk Assessment Data Collection will be reinstated from April 2024, with the first submission due in July 2024. The data collection will remain unchanged from the previous collection.
Page last updated: 07 April 2024