NHS Performance 2002

Health Authority figures
Indicator	This year	Last year	% change	Average
Life expectancy male	73.0	72.9	0.03	75.2
Life expectancy female	78.2	78.4	-0.27	80.1
Deaths from cancer	166.9	170.7	-2.19	130.6
Deaths from circulatory disease	154.2	164.7	-6.38	120.4
Suicide rates	10.9	11.0	-0.27	9.4
Teenage pregnancy	53.3	60.4	-11.77	44.7
Breast screening	73.9%	72.6%	1.73	69.3%
Cervical screening	83.6%	84.3%	-0.89	83.0%
GP numbers	48.6	47.7	1.92	57.4
MMR uptake	91.2	90.7	0.65	87.4

South Tyneside 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	Survey � physical/emotional needs
Staff sickness absence rate
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Indicator	This year	Last year	% change	Average
Trolley waits in A&E	0.16%	N/A	N/A	13.13%
Missed appointments	10.6%	12.1%	-1.4%	11.2%
Waiting for inpatient operation	86.7%	76.6%	10.1%	73.1%
Waiting for outpatient appointment	76.6%	81.7%	-5.1%	76.1%
Consultant vacancy rate	3.9%	10.5%	-6.6%	3.0%
Death rates after surgery	3337	3083	-8	2839
Death rates after heart bypass	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Death rates after hip fracture	7995	9409	15	9277
Death rates after stroke	26847	21624	-24	27581
Emergency readmission %	6.69	6.88	2.7	5.79
Cancelled operations %	0.37%	N/A	N/A	1.61%

Gateshead Health
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
Deaths 30 days after surgery	Emergency readmission
Emergency readmission after fractured hip	Six month inpatient waits
Breast cancer treatment	Junior doctors' hours
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Indicator	This year	Last year	% change	Average
Trolley waits in A&E	0.90%	N/A	N/A	13.13%
Missed appointments	9.3%	11.5%	-2.2%	11.2%
Waiting for inpatient operation	72.8%	76.6%	-3.9%	73.1%
Waiting for outpatient appointment	86.5%	83.9%	2.6%	76.1%
Consultant vacancy rate	3.8%	5.6%	-1.8%	3.0%
Death rates after surgery	4247	3971	-7	2978
Death rates after heart bypass	N/A	N/A	N/A	3138.71
Death rates after hip fracture	12379	16725	26	10234
Death rates after stroke	21653	23570	8	28347
Emergency readmission %	8.13	8.09	-0.5	5.89
Cancelled operations %	0.56%	N/A	N/A	1.61%

North East 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.

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?