New reports published this month – September 2022
Published: 11 Sep 2022
New resources have been published on our website this month. These include:
- National Hip Fracture Database report on 2021: Improving understanding
- National Prostate Cancer Audit: Patient and tumour characteristics associated with metastatic prostate cancer diagnoses in England
- National Paediatric Diabetes Audit: Parent and patient report experience measures
National Hip Fracture Database report on 2021: Improving understanding
Based on data from England and Wales, the report encompasses both 2020 and 2021 data and presents how current care ‘since COVID-19’ compares with the baseline of 2019 ‘before COVID-19’. Key findings include:
- Services have generally succeeded in getting patients out of bed by the day after surgery (81% in both 2019 and 2021) and then returning them to their original residence (71% in 2019 and 70% in 2021).
- The provision of orthogeriatric assessment and screening for/prevention of postoperative delirium both temporarily deteriorated, in parallel with successive waves of the pandemic, but have since returned to baseline
- There has been a more progressive and persistent deterioration in the promptness with which patients receive surgery, and the extent to which the operation is consistent with the recommendations of NICE (down from 74% in 2019 to 71% in 2021).
National Prostate Cancer Audit: Patient and tumour characteristics associated with metastatic prostate cancer diagnoses in England
Based on data from 218,711 men diagnosed with prostate cancer in England between 1 January 2015 and 31 December 2019, the report aims to identify which factors predispose men to present with metastatic versus non-metastatic disease at diagnosis. Key findings include:
- Metastatic disease was more likely to be diagnosed in older patients, particularly among those aged 80 years of age or over.
- Variation was observed between ethnic groups, with metastatic disease at diagnosis being more likely among patients of White ethnicity (16.9% in White men, 13.2% in Asian men, and 11.7% in Black men).
- Differences were also found between geographic regions of England, with patients in the North East and Yorkshire NHS region being the most likely to have metastatic disease at diagnosis (20.5%).
National Paediatric Diabetes Audit Report: Parent and patient reported experience measures
Based on a survey of children and young people with diabetes and their parents and carers between 2 August 2021 and 2 January 2022, the report looks at their experience as they interact with the NHS through attending Paediatric Diabetes Units (PDUs) providing care. Key findings include:
- At each visit, 82.3% of parents and carers reported that they could see a diabetes specialist doctor, 83.7% could see a paediatric diabetes, 41.1% could see a dietitian, and 11.4% could see a psychologist. Percentages were smaller for each staffing group compared with 2019.
- 72.3% of children and young people and 71.9% of parents and carers agreed that their diabetes team always gave them enough information to effectively manage their/their child’s diabetes at school/college, down from 74.1% and 75.2% respectively in 2019.
- Less than two thirds of parents and carers (64.2%) and children and young people (62.3%) agreed that their diabetes team were providing them with the information and support needed to prepare for transfer to adult care. These results are similar to those reported in 2019 (64% of parents and carers and 58.2% of children and young people).
The reports are available to view and download, along with all other reports, on our dedicated reports webpage.
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