Operations undertaken between October 2010 and September 2011, submitted to the National Vascular Database by December 2011. This dataset contains information on the pathway of care for patients with carotid stenosis who underwent carotid endarterectomy in English NHS trusts. It was collected by the Carotid Interventions Audit, a collaboration between the Vascular Society of Great Britain & Ireland and the Royal College of Physicians.
Use Cases
- Benchmarking clinical performance against national guidelines based on the audit's stated purpose.
- Analyzing the patient journey for carotid stenosis interventions based on the described pathway of care.
- Comparing outcomes or process metrics across English NHS trusts based on the geographic coverage.
- Studying temporal trends in carotid endarterectomy procedures based on the one-year audit period.
Strengths
- Data covers a defined one-year audit period from October 2010 to September 2011.
- Audit is a collaboration between two major UK medical bodies: the Vascular Society of Great Britain & Ireland and the Royal College of Physicians.
- Focuses on a specific clinical procedure (carotid endarterectomy) across all English NHS trusts.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Data may reflect temporal bias inherent to the single-year audit period.
Provenance
- Source
- Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership
- Collection Method
- Submitted by healthcare providers to the National Vascular Database as part of a clinical audit.
- Time Range
- October 2010 - September 2011
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-06-23 16:42:21.031870; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- England (specifically English NHS trusts)