Year: 2015
Type: book
Abstract: The National Vascular Registry is commissioned by the Healthcare Quality Improvement\nPartnership (HQIP) to measure the quality and outcomes of care for patients who undergo\nmajor vascular surgery in NHS hospitals in England and Wales. It aims to provide\ncomparative information on the performance of NHS vascular units and thereby support\nlocal quality improvement as well as inform patients about major vascular interventions\ndelivered in the NHS. As such, all NHS hospitals in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern\nIreland are encouraged to participate in the Registry.\nThe measures used to describe the patterns and outcomes of care are drawn from various\nnational guidelines including: the “Provision of Services for Patients with Vascular Disease”\ndocument and the Quality Improvement Frameworks published by the Vascular Society, and\nthe National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidelines on stroke and\nperipheral arterial disease.\nThis report provides a description of the care provided by NHS vascular units, and contains\ninformation on the process and outcomes of care for: (i) patients undergoing abdominal\naortic aneurysm (AAA) repair, (ii) patients undergoing carotid endarterectomy, (iii) patients\nundergoing a revascularisation procedure (angioplasty/stent or bypass) or major\namputation for lower-limb peripheral arterial disease (PAD). In addition, the report\npresents the findings of an organisational audit conducted in August 2015.
Authors: Sam Waton, Amundeep S. Johal, Katriina Heikkilä, David M. Cromwell, I.M. Loftus
Language: English
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2528284149