Venous thromboembolism (VTE) risk assessment
The number and proportion of admitted patients aged 16 and over in England who have been risk assessed for VTE.
From April 2017 NHS Improvement became responsible for publishing the official statistics for VTE.
NHS providers are required to collect data on VTE risk assessments each month, however, you only need to submit the data quarterly, at the end of each quarter.
The data collection asks for the following:
- the 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
- the total number of patients aged 16 and over admitted in the month
- the percentage of patients aged 16 and over, admitted within the month assessed for risk of VTE on admission
Guidance for VTE data collection
Nationally-mandated quality requirements, with associated financial consequences, were introduced in relation to VTE assessment (previously a national CQUIN indicator) in the 2014/15 NHS Standard Contract. Follow these links for technical guidance:
- The latest NHS standard contract
- NHS Standard Contract 2019/20 technical guidance
- NHS Improvement VTE Guidance 2019/20
This section of the Statistics Code of Practice contains details of the data revisions policy.
Publications calendar
| Data period | Deadline date | Publication date |
| Q1 2019/20 | 26 July 2019 | 4 September 2019 |
| Q2 2019/20 | 25 October 2019 | 4 December 2019 |
| Q3 2019/20 | 31 January 2020 | 3 March 2020 |
| Q4 2019/20 | 24 April 2020 | 4 June 2020 |
Data publications
- Data publications for 2019/20
- Data publications for 2018/19
- Data publications for 2017/18
- Data publications for 2016/17 (revised quarter 3 and quarter 4 data)
- Data publications for 2016/17
- Data publications for 2015/16
- Data publications for 2014/15
- Data publications for 2013/14
- Data publications for 2012/13
- Data publications from 2010/11 quarter 2 to 2011/12 quarter 4