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Data collection for trauma care must improve, says NAO
The quality of care at 40% of NHS trusts providing major trauma services cannot be gauged...
The quality of care at 40% of NHS trusts providing major traumaservices cannot be gauged because of inadequate data returns, a National AuditOffice report has warned.
The report highlighted "unacceptable variation" intrauma services in England, estimating that 450 to 600 lives could be savedeach year in England if major trauma care was managed more effectively. But itadds that only 59% of trusts contribute to the Trauma Audit and ResearchNetwork (TARN), a national database used to calculate likely survival ratesfrom different types of injury and highlight variations. The NAO report says:"Collecting information on care is essential for monitoring and improvingservices...
The performance of the 40 per cent of hospitals that do not submitdata to TARN cannot be measured."
Read the full report here