In January 2017, of 1,653 patients with an acute STEMI in England, 1,307 (79%) received the appropriate care bundle. EastAmb had the largest proportion with 94% and the smallest was SECAmb with 66%. B4 Stroke The FAST procedure helps assess whether someone has suffered a stroke: Facial weakness: can the person smile? Has their mouth or eye drooped? Arm weakness: can the person raise both arms? Speech problems: can the person speak clearly and understand what you say? Time to call 999 for an ambulance if you spot any one of these signs. In January 2017, of 3,557 FAST positive patients in England, assessed face to face, and potentially eligible for stroke thrombolysis within agreed local guidelines, 1,852 (52%) arrived at hospitals with a hyperacute stroke unit within 60 minutes of an emergency call connecting to the ambulance service (Figure 8), less than the year ending September 2016 (54%). The largest proportion for January 2017 was 59% for SECAmb and the smallest was 39% for SWAS. There were 7,650 stroke patients assessed face to face in January 2017 in England, of which 7,470 (98%) received the appropriate care bundle, similar to the year ending September 2016 (97%). C. Further information on AQI C1 The AQI landing page and Quality Statement , or , is the AQI landing page, and it holds: a Quality Statement for statistics, which includes information on relevance, accuracy, timeliness, coherence, and user engagement; the specification guidance document for those who supply the data; timetables for data collection and publication; text files and time series spreadsheets containing all data from April 2011 up to the latest month; links to individual web pages for each financial year. The web pages for each financial year hold: separate spreadsheets of each month’s data; this Statistical Note, and equivalent versions from previous months; the list of people with pre-release access to the data. Publication are also at . C2 Revisions Timetable Revisions usually follow a six-monthly cycle. The dates for past and future AQI Systems Indicators (SI) and Clinical Outcomes (CO) scheduled revisions are below. The AQI Quality Statement above contains a more detailed revisions policy. Publication Data Months affected Publication Data Months affected 14 Sep 2017 CO Apr - Mar 6 Nov 2014 SI Apr - Aug ’16 ‘17 ‘13 ‘14
In January 2017, of 1,653 patients with an acute STEMI in England, 1,307 (79%) received the appropriate care bundle. EastAmb had the largest proportion with 94% and the smallest was SECAmb with 66%. B4 Stroke The FAST procedure helps assess whether someone has suffered a stroke: Facial weakness: can the person smile? Has their mouth or eye drooped? Arm weakness: can the person raise both arms? Speech problems: can the person speak clearly and understand what you say? Time to call 999 for an ambulance if you spot any one of these signs. In January 2017, of 3,557 FAST positive patients in England, assessed face to face, and potentially eligible for stroke thrombolysis within agreed local guidelines, 1,852 (52%) arrived at hospitals with a hyperacute stroke unit within 60 minutes of an emergency call connecting to the ambulance service (Figure 8), less than the year ending September 2016 (54%). The largest proportion for January 2017 was 59% for SECAmb and the smallest was 39% for SWAS. There were 7,650 stroke patients assessed face to face in January 2017 in England, of which 7,470 (98%) received the appropriate care bundle, similar to the year ending September 2016 (97%). C. Further information on AQI C1 The AQI landing page and Quality Statement , or , is the AQI landing page, and it holds: a Quality Statement for statistics, which includes information on relevance, accuracy, timeliness, coherence, and user engagement; the specification guidance document for those who supply the data; timetables for data collection and publication; text files and time series spreadsheets containing all data from April 2011 up to the latest month; links to individual web pages for each financial year. The web pages for each financial year hold: separate spreadsheets of each month’s data; this Statistical Note, and equivalent versions from previous months; the list of people with pre-release access to the data. Publication are also at . C2 Revisions Timetable Revisions usually follow a six-monthly cycle. The dates for past and future AQI Systems Indicators (SI) and Clinical Outcomes (CO) scheduled revisions are below. The AQI Quality Statement above contains a more detailed revisions policy. Publication Data Months affected Publication Data Months affected 14 Sep 2017 CO Apr ’16 - Mar ‘17 6 Nov 2014 SI Apr ‘13 - Aug ‘14
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