Reports

The National Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Audit Programme (NACAP) is commissioned by the Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP) as part of the National Clinical Audit Patient Outcomes Programme (NCAPOP).

The children and young people (CYP) asthma audit, a component of the National Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Audit Programme (NACAP), launched in June 2019.  It comprises two parts: a continuous clinical audit of CYP admitted to hospital with asthma attacks in England, Scotland (until 13 March 2020) and Wales, and a snapshot organisational audit of the structure and resourcing of CYP services. 

Impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the provision of vascular surgery in the UK National Health Service.

This short report on COVID-19 is an update following the report published by NVR in November 2020. It presents results on the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on provision of NHS vascular care in the UK, and its potential impact on short-term surgical outcomes. 

In this short report, we present preliminary results on the impact that the Covid-19 pandemic has had on the provision of NHS vascular care in the UK and its potential impact on short-term surgical outcomes. The analysis covered: (a) patients who had a repair procedure for abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA); (b) patients who had carotid endarterectomy, and (c) patients with peripheral arterial disease (PAD) who had either lower limb revascularisation (endovascular / bypass surgery) or major amputation.