Dr Brian Creedon, Clinical Director, National Office of Clinical Audit
Continuing improvements for in-hospital mortality across major diagnoses
Rate of COPD in-hospital deaths rose by 12 per cent 2010 to 2019
A continuing fall in crude mortality trends across heart failure, pneumonia, acute myocardial infarction (AMI), and haemorrhagic stroke has been seen over a 10-year period
, according to findings of the fifth report by the National Audit of Hospital Mortality (NAHM) published today (December 15) by the National Office of Clinical Audit (NOCA).
The report showed that there had been a continuing decrease in crude mortality trends in the four major diagnoses over the past 10 years. The rate for ischaemic stroke had decreased significantly also – until 2018 – but had seen an increase in mortality rates in 2019 compared with 2018.