Domain 5 - Treating and caring for people in a safe environment and protecting them from avoidable harm
Find out about domain 5, which includes patients admitted to hospital who were risk assessed for venous thromboembolism, the rate of C.difficile infection and patient safety incidents and the percentage that resulted in severe harm or death.
Patients admitted to hospital who were risk assessed for venous thromboembolism
The percentage of patients who were admitted to hospital and who were risk assessed for venous thromboembolism (VTE) during the reporting period.
Access the latest VTE data.
Access previous VTE data.
Download the Excel/CSV file for the relevant quarter or month. Select the value from the "Percentage of admitted patients risk-assessed for VTE" column.
Rate of C.difficile infection
The rate per 100,000 bed days of trust apportioned cases of C. difficile infection that have occurred within the trust amongst patients aged 2 or over during the reporting period.
Access the latest C.difficile infection data.
Download the file and use the filters on the “annual_table” tab to select the data required. The rate can be viewed by selecting “rate’ from the “Value to display” filter.
Patient safety incidents and the percentage that resulted in severe harm or death.
The number and where available, rate of patient safety incidents that occurred within the trust during the reporting period, and the percentage of such patient safety incidents that resulted in severe harm or death.
This indicator forms part of the NHS Outcomes Framework (Domain 5 - Indicator 5.6 (formerly indicators 5a, 5b and 5.4)) and the latest indicator data by trust is available on the NHS Digital Website
Access the 'Patient safety incidents reported' data.
The data for this indicator is sourced from NHS Improvement and is published every 6 months on their website. Further information about the data source can be found for national level data and for organisational level data.
Further information
Quality Accounts are annual reports about the quality of services provided by an NHS healthcare service. They are published by each NHS healthcare provider, including the independent sector, and are made available to the public.
Find out about domain 1, which includes Summary Hospital-level Mortality Indicators (SHMI), Patients on Care Programme Approach (CPA), Category 1 and Category 2 mean response times and patients with suspected ST elevation myocardial infarction who received the STEMI bundle.
Find out about domain 2, which includes admissions to acute wards where the Crisis Resolution Home Treatment Team were gatekeepers.
Find out about domain 3, which includes Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMS) and patients readmitted to a hospital within 30 days of being discharged.
Find out about domain 4, which includes responsiveness to the personal needs of patients, staff who would recommend the trust to their family or friends, patients who would recommend the trust to their family or friends and patient experience of community mental health services.
Last edited: 24 February 2021 3:55 pm