1. Of the patients who were admitted to your Trust for VTE which occurred outside of a secondary care setting between 1 April 2014 and 31 March 2015, how many had a previous inpatient stay in your Trust up to 90 days prior to their admission? Of those patients, how many had their VTE risk status recorded in their discharge summary?
2. Please describe how your Trust displays a patient’s VTE risk status in its discharge summaries.
*Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is a collective term referring to deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE).
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