This indicator compares the odds of an emergency readmission within seven days for patients discharged on a particular day of the week to the odds of an emergency readmission within seven days for patients discharged on a Wednesday. Discharges with both emergency and non-emergency admission methods are included in the indicator. Results including only discharges where the patient was admitted in an emergency are also presented as contextual information.
The results are presented as odds ratios, alongside the number of discharges, emergency readmissions and the crude readmission rate for each trust. The number of emergency readmissions is broken down into those where the readmission was to the same provider that the patient was discharged from and those where the readmission was to a different provider.
From April 2020, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) is no longer commissioning NHS Digital to produce these indicators. Therefore, no further publications in this series are planned.
Notes:
1. There is a shortfall in the number of records for Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust (trust code RMP) and University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (trust code RRV) meaning that results for these trusts are based on incomplete data and should therefore be interpreted with caution.
2. From this publication onwards, the adjustment for deprivation uses the 2019 version of the Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD). Previous releases of these indicators used the 2015 version. Further information is available in the statement of methodological changes (see Resources).
3. The following mergers took place on 1st October 2019: Cumbria Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (trust code RNN) merged with North Cumbria University Hospitals NHS Trust (trust code RNL). The new trust is called North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust (trust code RNN). Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (trust code REM) merged with Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust (trust code RQ6). The new trust is called Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (trust code REM). Results are presented to reflect the updated organisational structure from this publication onwards.
4. Further information on data quality can be found in the Seven-day Services background quality report, which can be downloaded from the ‘Resources’ section of the publication page. Further guidance on the interpretation of the indicators is also available to download from that page.