National Pulmonary Hypertension Audit - 2013

Pulmonary hypertension is a rare disease which occurs at any age, has many causes, and often shortens life expectancy. In the UK seven hospitals have been designated to diagnose and treat pulmonary hypertension in adults and one hospital for children. The National Audit of Pulmonary Hypertension (NAPH) is a prospective audit of processes and outcomes and has the participation of all eight designated centres. This report of the fourth year brings together the audit data collected from the nationally designated centres (Table 1). It builds on the previous reports.  The audit has reviewed the data items and developed and restructured the dataset.  The audit report details centre level data for disease targeted therapies. The data presented in this report is for the year from 1 April 2012 to 31 March 2013 and covers all patients seen at the designated centres. This audit includes England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands, Gibraltar and the Isle of Man.