15.08.12
PROMs results show little improvement in health after surgery
New patient surveys show that there has been little change in the health improvements gained from common procedures since 2009, with continued variation by provider.
Results from the Patient Reported Outcome Measures surveys (PROMs) for 2009-10 and 2010-11 have been published today by the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC).
PROMs cover hip, knee, varicose vein and groin hernia procedures and are completed before and after surgery to indicate how much patients feel they have gained from the surgery.
Nationally, for hip replacements in 2010-11, 86.7% of patients reported an improvement, compared to 87.2% in 2009-10. Groin hernia procedures saw an improvement from 49.3% in 2009-10, to 50.5% in 2010-11.
HSCIC chief executive Tim Straughan said: “The importance of patient survey information to the NHS has been made clear in recent years; and today’s figures represent a significant step in being able to gain a clear understanding on how people personally feel about their health after common procedures like knee and hip replacements and how this has changed in time.
“Patients and health professionals alike will have great interest in today’s results – which offer an unprecedented two year insight of not just the nuts and bolts of NHS activity, but the viewpoint of people who have experienced these procedures.”
The report is at: www.ic.nhs.uk/pubs/finalisedproms1112
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