NICOR has announced that the first quarterly reports on cardiovascular health outcomes for 2024/25 are OUT NOW

National Institute for Cardiovascular Outcomes Research (NICOR) has today (9/9) published its first set of interim reports, following on from the last full annual reports for the 2022/23 financial year. These reports have been updated to show the data submitted to NICOR up to the end of June 2024, i.e. for the first quarter (Q1) of the 2024/25 financial year.

NHS England has requested that hospitals submit data to NICOR within two weeks of an admission to hospital with an acute cardiac event (heart attack or heart failure) or for a cardiac procedure, but the results show that many hospitals are currently unable to meet this request. Accordingly, the results for both the financial year 2023/24 and for Q1 2024/25 are incomplete and are preliminary only. The annual reports for 2023/24 on the full data for that financial year are being prepared.

The timelier the data, the more useful they become. We are hopeful that data flows will improve over the next year or so. Hospitals should not worry about sending incomplete data earlier than they do at present. If a clinical audit team sends a patient record early after a procedure, and then resends it once the record has been finalised and validated, the NICOR records will be updated accordingly.

Although the recent data are incomplete, there are some early signals of possible improved times for treatment for a heart attack, whilst waits for bypass surgery might be worsening. The reports include data from nine sub-specialities covered by the National Cardiac Audit Programme (NCAP):

  • National Congenital Heart Disease Audit (NCHDA)
  • Myocardial Ischaemia National Audit Project (MINAP)
  • National Audit of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (NAPCI)
  • National Adult Cardiac Surgery Audit (NACSA)
  • National Heart Failure Audit (NHFA)
  • National Audit of Cardiac Rhythm Management (NACRM)
  • UK Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI) Registry
  • Transcatheter Mitral and Tricuspid Valve (TMTV) Registry
  • Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion (LAAO) Registry.

The reports are all produced and available to view in interactive format via the NICOR website so that you can explore your local and regional data in more detail.

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