Publication, Part of Hospital Admitted Patient Care Activity
Hospital Admitted Patient Care Activity, 2021-22
National statistics, Accredited official statistics
Consultation: proposed improvements to the Hospital Admitted Patient Care Activity
The data included within the 2022-23 release will remain the same or have minor changes to the publication series (Admitted Patient Care), details about the changes can be found within the consultation.
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Consultation for Hospital Admitted Patient Care Activity
18 August 2023 17:00 PM
Summary Report - ACC
Critical Care records by year, 2012-13 to 2021-22
There were 246,286 useable critical care records in 2021-22, an increase of 4.6 per cent from 2020-21 (235,262 records).
Critical Care records by commissioning region, 2021-22
This chart shows a breakdown of critical care records by the Commissioning Region of treatment.
Over a quarter (27 per cent) of all critical care records were for the London region.
The South West region again recorded the least critical care records (17,553), followed by the East of England region (20,284 records).
Critical Care records by age and sex, 2021-22
In 2021-22 patients aged 70-74 years represented the age group with the largest number of critical care records (32,186 records).
Children and young people (patients aged between 0-19 years) accounted for 3,418 (1.4 per cent) of critical care records.
Male patients accounted for over half (58.1 per cent) of critical care records.
Length of stay by critical care support type, 2021-22
The longest average length of stay was for Gastrointestinal support with 9.6 days (51,436 critical care periods).
Although the total number of critical care periods increased from 2020-21, the average length of stay decreased in cardiovascular and respiratory support categories. The overall average (mean) length of a critical care period fell slightly from 5.6 days to 5.2 days.
Last edited: 26 October 2023 11:46 am