The Fifth Patient Report of the National Emergency Laparotomy Audit

December 2017 to November 2018

Published December 2019

Cover of the report titled "Fifth Patient Report of the National Emergency Laparotomy Audit" showing two medical professionals attending to a patient in a hospital operating room.

Year 5 - full report

Cover of a report titled 'Fifth Patient Report of the National Emergency Laparotomy Audit' featuring medical professionals performing surgery on a patient in an operating room.

Year 5 - summary report

An infographic presenting report findings from the 2017-2018 National Emergency Laporatomy Audit. It highlights statistics on 30-day mortality rates, hospital stay durations, preoperative assessments, and patient demographics related to emergency bowel surgery and laparotomy procedures.

Year 5 -results infographic

Title page of a report titled "Fifth Patient Report of the National Emergency Laparotomy Audit (NELA), December 2017 to November 2018," with a red NELA logo in the top left corner.

Year 5 -supplementary tables & figures

Flowchart illustrating the steps of the emergency laparotomy patient perioperative journey, including arrival, sepsis management, radiology, consultant review, risk assessment, timely admission to theater, intraoperative procedures, critical care, frailty assessment, and discharge.

Year 5 - patient journey infographic

A spreadsheet listing hospital names, HES and PEDW estimates, final case counts, and CT reports, with color-coded data.

Year 5 - Standalone RAG table

A table listing NHS Foundation Trusts, hospitals, and their total volumes for year 5, organized by trust or health board, hospital name, and total volume.

Year 5 - Hospital Level Data Spreadsheet