12 August 2016 (Friday) - Outcomes

Today’s NHS England e-newletter had the annual data for patient reported outcome measures… I suppose at first sight this report is purely stating the bloody obvious… but is it?

Following hip replacement, 96.4% of patients with complete pre- and post-operative questionnaires reported an improvement. Following knee replacement, 93.2% of patients reported improvement, and following varicose vein surgery, 82.3% of patients reported improvement.


I must admit that we probably all take it as read that medical procedures are performed with the intention of making things better for the patient. And this report is proving that they are.

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