Burnley Health Care
Previous year's performance
Key targets: how the trust performed
Fifteen month inpatient waits
Twenty six week outpatient waits
Twelve hour trolley waits
Cancelled operations
Two week cancer waits
Hospital cleanliness
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Areas where trust performance was rated below average
Six month inpatient waits	Total inpatient waits
13 week outpatient waits	Staff sickness absence rate
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Blackburn, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley Health Care
Previous year's performance
Key targets: how the trust performed
Fifteen month inpatient waits
Twenty six week outpatient waits
Twelve hour trolley waits
Cancelled operations
Two week cancer waits
Hospital cleanliness
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Areas where trust performance was rated below average
Emergency readmission
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Lancashire Ambulance Service

Key to data
Delivery of key targets:		Performance Rating
	Achieved	Min
	Underachieved
	Significantly underachieving
		Max

Indicator	Units
Life expectancy (male)	Years
Life expectancy (female)	Years
Deaths from cancer	Death rate per 100,000 people under 75
Circulatory disease deaths	Death rate per 100,000 people under 75
Suicide rates	Death rate per 100,000 people under 75
Teenage pregnancy	Conceptions per 1,000 15 to 17-year-olds
Number of GPs	Number of full-time GPs per 100,000 people
MMR vaccine uptake	% given MMR vaccine before 2nd birthday
Breast Screening	% of women in target age groups screened
Cervical Screening	% of women in target age groups screened
Emergency readmission	% readmitted within 28 days of discharge
Deaths after surgery	Deaths within 30 days per 100,000 patients
Deaths after heart bypass	Deaths within 30 days per 100,000 patients
Deaths after fractured hip	Deaths within 30 days per 100,000 patients
Deaths after stroke	Deaths within 30 days per 100,000 patients
Missed appointments	% of first outpatient appointments missed
Inpatient waiting times	% waiting less than six months for operation
Outpatient waiting times	% seen inside 13 weeks
Trolley waits in A & E	% admitted but not given bed within four hours
Consultant vacancy rate	% of posts vacant for more than three months
Cancelled Operations	% of operations cancelled on the day
Average is either the national average, or an average of similar hospital trusts

Term	Explanation
Clinical negligence	Risk of clinical negligence
Deaths 30 days after surgery	Death rate within first month
Emergency readmission	When patients need to be brought back to hospital after discharge
Six month inpatient wait	how quickly patients are receiving operations
13 week outpatient waits	how quickly patients are getting a consultant appointment
Total time in A&E	How long patients have to wait in casualty
Cancelled ops not rescheduled	How many re-listed inside a month
Breast cancer treatment	How quickly patients are diagnosed and treated
Delayed discharge	'bed blocking', when patients well enough to go home have to stay in hospital
Survey	survey of patients
Junior doctors' hours	are trusts working their juniors too hard?

Note: No comparable figures are available for Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland.