Diabetes
Access to Midwifery
Stroke/Transient Ischaemic Attack (TIA)
NHS Health Checks
for the quarter ending 31st December 2012
The main findings were:
Diabetes
- 98.4% of patients with diabetes were offered screening for diabetic retinopathy during the previous 12 months
Access to Midwifery
- The number of women who have seen a midwife or a maternity healthcare professional, for health and social care assessment of needs, risks and choices by 12 weeks and 6 days of pregnancy was 155,559 compared to the 177,816 women who were seen by a maternity healthcare professional at any time within this quarter.
- Of the women who gave birth in Q3 2012-13, 91.6% had seen a maternity health professional within the first 12 weeks and 6 days of their maternity, based on the corresponding data from Q1 2012-13.
Stroke - Transient Ischaemic Attack (TIA)
- Nationally 85.0% of patients admitted with a stroke spent 90% of their time on a stroke unit.
- For TIA nationally 75.9% of those patients with a higher risk of stroke presenting in an outpatient setting were treated within 24 hours.
NHS Health Checks
- The number of NHS Health Checks offered during April - December was 1,827,417 with NHS Health Checks being received by 884,893 people.
Link:
http://transparency.dh.gov.uk/2012/07/20/integrated-performance-measures-monitoring/
Notes for editors:
- This data is collected in support of indicators listed within the NHS Operating Framework
Additional Information
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The Government Statistical Service (GSS) statistician responsible for producing these data is:
Emma Noble
Knowledge and Intelligence
Department of Health
Room 8E10, Quarry House, Quarry Hill, Leeds LS2 7UE
Email: unify2@dh.gsi.gov.uk