Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) Risk Assessment Data Provision Notice

Overview

The purpose of this data collection is to quantify the number and proportion of acute hospital patient admissions aged 16 and over who are being risk assessed for venous thromboembolism (VTE) within 14 hours of decision to admit¹, to allow for the administering of appropriate prophylaxis based on National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) guideline NG89.

This collection ensures that every patient aged 16 and over has a documented VTE risk assessment within 14 hours of decision to admit¹, and that this risk assessment is conducted in accordance with clinical risk assessment criteria that reflect NICE guideline NG89. This collection enables performance in risk assessment to be reported and monitored nationally.

Footnote

1. From 1 July 2026 (Q2 26/26), the collection will require risk assessments on acute hospital patient admissions within 14 hours of decision to admit, in line with the September 2025 update to NICE guideline NG89. Previously the collection required VTE risk assessments completed within 14 hours of admission.

Scope of the collection

All providers of NHS funded acute hospital care (including foundation trusts and independent sector providers of acute NHS services).

Legal basis for provision of data

ARTICLE

The migration and continued operation of the Unify2 collections through Strategic Data Collections Service Direction 2017

A Direction given by the Secretary of State for Health requiring NHS Digital to establish the migration of the Unify2 collections listed in Annex A onto NHS Digital's Strategic Data Collections Service (SDCS) and continue the operation of these collections through this service.

Period

The data is collected quarterly.

Read the Data Provision Notice

Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) Risk Assessment Data Provision Notice Version 4.0

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Updates

12 May 2026 - DPN updated as part of a regular review cycle

April 2024 - The collection was deferred during the pandemic and reinstated in April 2024

Last edited: 14 May 2026 2:38 pm