Length of stay in days for carotid endarterectomy
What this data shows:
Gives an indication to patients of how long they are likely to be in hospital if they have a carotid endarterectomy.
How the data is gathered:
This indicator is only shown at trust level and for the most recent year (01/01/2016 – 31/12/2016) for two reasons:
- Reporting by NHS trust more accurately reflects the practice within a hospital as it is recommended that patients are referred to the next available operating list rather than an individual surgeon.
- There has been a considerable reduction in the median delay from symptom to carotid endarterectomy since 2010 and using older data could give a misleading impression of times between symptom and surgery.
More information about the data source:
Only records that were submitted on the NVR by the data submission deadline are included.
Data Source:
National Vascular Registry
Data Period:
01/01/2017 – 31/12/2017