UK Releases Health Care Statistics On Referral To Treatment Services “RTT”
Data is being published on Referral to Treatment (RTT) times for patients who were treated during January 2010.
In total, 285,000 admitted patients and 814,000 non-admitted patients, for whom English commissioners are responsible, completed their RTT pathway during January 2010.
· At the national level, 92.6% of admitted patients (measured on an adjusted basis) and 97.7% of non-admitted patients completed their RTT pathway within 18 weeks.
· Detailed tables can be found in annex A. Tables 1a and 1b show proportions of patients seen within 18 weeks and data completeness by Strategic Health Authority (SHA) for admitted and non-admitted pathways. The performance standards for admitted patients (90% completed within 18 weeks) were met by all but one of the 10 SHAs (South Central SHA (89.7%)), and non-admitted patients (95% completed within 18 weeks) were met by all 10 SHAs.
· Table 2 shows performance by treatment function. In January 2010, the admitted performance standard was met for all treatment functions except neurosurgery and trauma & orthopaedics, and the non-admitted standard was met for all treatment functions except neurosurgery.
· Table 3 shows performance by PCT commissioner. 129 out of 152 PCTs (85%) achieved the admitted standard in January and 150 PCTs (99%) achieved the non-admitted standard.
· The national data completeness estimates – which give an indication of whether the right volume of admitted and non-admitted pathways are being reported in the RTT returns – were 98% for admitted patients and 100% for non-admitted patients.
· Detailed figures can be found in Annex A and via the following link: http://www.dh.gov.uk/data18weeks
· The “Improving Access to Audiology Services in England” document in March 2007 stated that:
“Improving Access to Audiology Services in England sets out a simple aspiration: for local health systems to transform the experience of the audiology service for all their patients. This requires a radical reduction in waiting…no local health system will be credible in claiming success on 18 weeks if it does not make excellent progress in tackling long waiting times affecting large numbers of its local population “
· Data to monitor this aspiration are published today with respect to January 2010.
Main Points
· Data are being published on Direct Access Audiology patients whose referral to treatment (RTT) pathways were completed during January 2010 (completed pathways) and on those patients who were still waiting at the end of January 2010 (incomplete pathways).
· In total, 32,490 patients for whom English commissioners are responsible completed their Direct Access Audiology RTT pathway during January 2010. Of these, 99.3% were seen within 18 weeks.
· At the end of January 2010, 48,196 patients were awaiting Direct Access Audiology treatment. Of these, 99.4% had been waiting less than 18 weeks.
· A data completeness assessment is published alongside the figures on completed pathways, which compares the number of completed pathways (with a known clock start) reported in the Direct Access Audiology RTT return against the expected number of pathways. Currently, national data completeness stands at 100%.
Detailed tables can be found in Annex A and at: http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Statistics/Performancedataandstatistics/Directaccessaudiology/index.htm
Topics: 2010, Audiology Services, Britain, England, Governance, government, Great Britain, health care, health system, healthcare, moniter, monitor, news, patients, Referral to Treatment RTT, SHA, Strategic Health Authority, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, waiting time
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