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Data Provider: Welsh Government National Statistics Delay reason by LHB Provider
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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]Delay reasonCommunity care related reasons for delay include waiting for completion of assessment as well as issues regarding housing or home adaptation/equipment, provision of home care, residential care placement, capacity restrictions or funding.Healthcare related reasons for delay include waiting for assessment (by a specialist, therapist, or community health service) and waiting for rehabilitation, bed transfer, or equipment as well as issues regarding NHS funded nursing care or continuing NHS health care. Selection of care home and waiting for availability of care home apply to both residential and nursing placements.Other reasons specified include protection related issues and inability to discharge to a safe environment. For 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. [Filter]
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[Collapse]AreaNote that because all current LHBs were re-organised from October 2009, a new time series has been started. Figures for the old Trusts are not shown.[Filter]
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[Collapse]All Health Boards and Trusts666500315251975120491012,104
All Health Boards and TrustsBetsi Cadwaladr University HBFollowing further validation, one record from April 2015 amended and one from June 2015 deleted in January 20161251501098323247329571
Powys Teaching HB72921181.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable1122
Hywel Dda HBMinor amendments to data for February 2015 made in April 201510572182117.The data item is not applicable223240
Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University HB11069556718124125361
Cwm Taf HB191712127215917110
Aneurin Bevan HB168105862722.The data item is not applicable271229476
Cardiff and Vale University HB677414239.The data item is not applicable51117220
Velindre NHS TrustData for January 2012 revised in October 2012; Data not available for October 2014..The data item is not applicable4.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable4

Metadata

Title

Delay reason 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

Hlth0810