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Data Provider: Welsh Government National Statistics Delay length by LHB Provider and delay band
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[Collapse]FacilityPatients delayed in mental health and non mental health facilities. Non mental health facilities include acute and community hospitals, rehabilitation centres and other facilities. [Filtered]
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[Collapse]Stage of DelayReasons for delay can be categorized according to whether the patient\'s next stage of care is known to be outside the NHS. Note that this grouping is a central allocation of the detailed reasons for delay and its accuracy will depend on the consistency with which reason codes are assigned to patients by staff in NHS Trusts who supply information to the central database. The three categories used to indicate the stage of delay, with the corresponding codes for the reason for delay, are as follows:Waiting for move within the NHS - 3.01, 3.01.02-04, 3.02, 3.02.01-03, 3.02.05, 4.01, 4.01.01, 4.02Waiting to leave the NHS - 1.01, 2.01, 2.01.01-04, 2.02, 2.02.01-07, 2.03, 2.03.01-03, 2.04, 2.04.01-04, 2.05, 2.05.01-03, 2.06, 2.06.01-04, 3.01.01, 3.02.04, 3.03, 3.03.01-06, 3.04, 3.04.01-04, 3.05, 3.05.01-08, 4.01.02, 4.04, 4.04.01-04, 4.05, 4.05.01-06, 5.02, 5.02.01-06, 6.01.03, 6.01.05, 7.01, 7.02, 7.03, 7.03.01-16, 7.04, 7.04.01, 7.04.02, 7.05, 7.05.01-04, 7.06Next stage not known - 4.03, 4.03.01-04, 5.01, 5.01.01-03, 6.01, 6.01.01-02, 6.01.04, 6.01.06, 7.04.03-06, 8.01For a complete list of codes by stage of delay and principal reason please see the Annex included in the Delayed Transfers of Care StatsWales folder. [Filtered]
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Click here to sort0 - 3 weeksClick here to sort4 - 6 weeksClick here to sort7 - 12 weeksClick here to sort13 - 26 weeksClick here to sort26 + weeks
[Collapse]All Health Boards and Trusts1,0594023381791262,104
All Health Boards and TrustsBetsi Cadwaladr University HBFollowing further validation, one record from April 2015 amended and one from June 2015 deleted in January 201636690633121571
Powys Teaching HB7032164.The data item is not applicable122
Hywel Dda HBMinor amendments to data for February 2015 made in April 201514547271110240
Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University HB8589675466361
Cwm Taf HB361925219110
Aneurin Bevan HB3008369177476
Cardiff and Vale University HB5441714113220
Velindre NHS TrustData for January 2012 revised in October 2012; Data not available for October 2014.31.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable4

Metadata

Title

Delay length by NHS organisation

Last update

17 May 2018 17 May 2018

Next update

21 June 2018

Publishing organisation

Welsh Government

Source 1

Delayed transfers of care database, NHS Wales

Contact email

stats.healthinfo@gov.wales

Designation

National Statistics

Lowest level of geographical disaggregation

Local health boards

Geographical coverage

Wales

Languages covered

English and Welsh

Data licensing

You may use and re-use this data free of charge in any format or medium, under the terms of the Open Government License - see http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence

General description

Data on the numbers of people experiencing a delay in the arrangements for them to leave hospital, for example to go home, or to move to another more appropriate facility within the NHS, eg from an acute bed to a rehabilitation bed.

Data collection and calculation

The major source of data for this release is an administrative system, the Delayed Transfers of Care (DToC) database. The DToC database is an all-Wales census system operated by the NHS Wales Informatics Service to which each NHS Local Health Board enters a record for each patient with a delayed transfer. The census date is the third Wednesday of each month. Three weeks are allowed for validation by the relevant LHB and local authorities before the data is downloaded by the Statistical Directorate as an Excel spreadsheet. Data is then transferred to an ACCESS database; any queries on the new data in the context of the time series are discussed with policy colleagues and data suppliers in LHBs and Trusts.

Frequency of publication

Monthly

Data reference periods

October 2009 onwards

Users, uses and context

This information is included in the related Statistical Release - see weblink.

Revisions information

In the unlikely event of incorrect data being published, revisions to data would be made and users informed in conjunction with the Welsh Government’s Revisions, Errors and Postponements arrangements. This would include a statement in the statistics explaining the nature and extent of the revisions.

Statistical quality

This information is included in the related Quality Report - see weblink.

Keywords

Delayed Transfers of Care

Name

Hlth0818