2019/11/28

1. Does your Trust have an Anticoagulant Service for

a)      In-patients and out-patients  YES √ 

b)      In-patients only 

c)       Outpatient only  

How many inpatient beds does your Trust have (at each site if more than 1 site)?

A)     We have a total of 1041 beds:

·         700 beds at Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital

·         219 beds at Burnley General Teaching Hospital

·         32 beds at Clitheroe Community hospital

·         18 beds at Accrington Victoria

·         72 Pendle Community Hospital

a)How many sites do you inpatient dose (if applicable)?

A)    Rehabilitation wards on two sites

1.   Who doses VKA for your inpatient population?

a)      Doctors  √

b)      Advanced nurse practitioners  No

c)       Biomedical Scientists No

d)      Clinical Nurse Specialists – if so are they nurse prescribers?  √ , mostly NMP

e)      Pharmacists - If so are they prescribers?  √ , yes NMP

f)       Other – free text box

1. How many individuals who are not doctors perform this role in the groups specified above

A)     9

1. If you dose warfarin for out-patients, how many warfarin patients do you currently dose?

A)     3790

1. 1.  Which dosing software do you use – free text

A)     DAWN 

1. Does your Trust run nurse led Anticoagulation clinics?

YES ¨ NO  √

1. If there are no nurse led clinics, who is responsible for management of patients taking VKA within your trust

A)      Pharmacist lead 

1. Who completes your VTE Risk assessments?
   1. Ward doctors ¨
   2. Nurses  ¨
   3. Pharmacists  ¨
   4. ANP  ¨
   5. Other ¨ - Please specify

A)     Doctors and Midwives

1. What is your current VTE Risk assessment compliance rate?

A)     Figures provided are for October 2019

Family Care Division 99.19%

Surgery and Anaesthetics Division 98.74%

Medicine and Emergency Care Division 98.15%

Diagnostics and Clinical Support Division 98.79%