NHS Performance 2002

Health Authority figures
Indicator	This year	Last year	% change	Average
Life expectancy male	76.2	75.8	0.61	75.2
Life expectancy female	81.0	80.6	0.49	80.1
Deaths from cancer	117.8	118.7	-0.72	130.6
Deaths from circulatory disease	109.9	113.9	-3.56	120.4
Suicide rates	9.5	10.3	-8.24	9.4
Teenage pregnancy	34.3	35.8	-4.32	44.7
Breast screening	75.3%	69.1%	8.99	69.3%
Cervical screening	88.1%	88.5%	-0.39	83.0%
GP numbers	68.6	67.1	2.18	57.4
MMR uptake	90.0	88.1	2.21	87.4

Northallerton Health Services
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
No areas below average
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Indicator	This year	Last year	% change	Average
Trolley waits in A&E	0.23%	N/A	N/A	13.13%
Missed appointments	8.2%	7.4%	0.9%	11.2%
Waiting for inpatient operation	83.6%	72.6%	11.0%	73.1%
Waiting for outpatient appointment	80.7%	81.6%	-0.9%	76.1%
Consultant vacancy rate	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	3.0%
Death rates after surgery	2501	2525	1	2695
Death rates after heart bypass	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Death rates after hip fracture	8428	9422	11	9824
Death rates after stroke	23670	24531	4	26356
Emergency readmission %	5.06	5.30	4.6	5.54
Cancelled operations %	0.14%	N/A	N/A	1.61%

York Health Services
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	Delayed discharge
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Indicator	This year	Last year	% change	Average
Trolley waits in A&E	3.19%	N/A	N/A	13.13%
Missed appointments	8.3%	8.4%	-0.2%	11.2%
Waiting for inpatient operation	69.7%	69.9%	-0.2%	73.1%
Waiting for outpatient appointment	73.5%	66.5%	7.0%	76.1%
Consultant vacancy rate	0.9%	4.4%	-3.4%	3.0%
Death rates after surgery	2337	2401	3	2978
Death rates after heart bypass	N/A	N/A	N/A	3138.71
Death rates after hip fracture	6720	8555	21	10234
Death rates after stroke	26538	24390	-9	28347
Emergency readmission %	5.03	4.76	-5.6	5.89
Cancelled operations %	0.50%	N/A	N/A	1.61%

Scarborough and North East Yorkshire 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
Staff opinion survey
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Indicator	This year	Last year	% change	Average
Trolley waits in A&E	0.00%	N/A	N/A	13.13%
Missed appointments	6.0%	6.0%	0.1%	11.2%
Waiting for inpatient operation	82.0%	86.0%	-4.0%	73.1%
Waiting for outpatient appointment	78.6%	79.3%	-0.6%	76.1%
Consultant vacancy rate	6.0%	1.8%	4.2%	3.0%
Death rates after surgery	3770	3458	-9	2839
Death rates after heart bypass	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Death rates after hip fracture	10925	12448	12	9277
Death rates after stroke	25610	33233	23	27581
Emergency readmission %	6.23	6.07	-2.6	5.79
Cancelled operations %	0.11%	N/A	N/A	1.61%

Harrogate 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: Children
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Indicator	This year	Last year	% change	Average
Trolley waits in A&E	0.48%	N/A	N/A	13.13%
Missed appointments	5.9%	6.5%	-0.6%	11.2%
Waiting for inpatient operation	85.9%	83.8%	2.0%	73.1%
Waiting for outpatient appointment	79.6%	78.5%	1.1%	76.1%
Consultant vacancy rate	0.0%	5.8%	-5.8%	3.0%
Death rates after surgery	3211	3853	17	2839
Death rates after heart bypass	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Death rates after hip fracture	9785	14188	31	9277
Death rates after stroke	24254	24989	3	27581
Emergency readmission %	5.57	5.48	-1.6	5.79
Cancelled operations %	4.98%	N/A	N/A	1.61%

Tees East and North Yorkshire 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?