This indicator presents the median length of stay following an emergency admission to hospital, split by day of admission. The number of spells with a length of stay of 0, 1, 2, 3 and 4 or more days is also provided for contextual information. No case-mix adjustments have been applied to the indicator.
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 in the reporting period for the following trusts: Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust (RYV), Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust (trust code RV3), Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust (trust code RP4), Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust (trust code RW5), Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (trust code RP7), Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (trust code RHA), Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust (trust code RMP) and University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (trust code RRV). Results for these trusts are based on incomplete data and should therefore be interpreted with caution.
2. 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). 2Gether NHS Foundation Trust (trust code RTQ) merged with Gloucestershire Care Services NHS Trust (trust code RJ1). The new trust is called Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust (trust code RTQ). Results are presented to reflect the updated organisational structure from this publication onwards.
3. Length of stay is a whole number which is calculated as the difference between the admission and discharge dates for the provider spell. HES data does not contain any information on the time of admission or discharge. The median represents the middle value when all values for length of stay are placed in ascending order. If there are an even number of values then there is no single middle value and the median is then calculated as the arithmetic mean of the two middle values.
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.
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