National Vascular Registry 2022 annual report (10 November 2022)

Summary

The National Vascular Registry, which measures the quality and outcomes of care for adult patients who undergo major vascular procedures in the NHS, has published its latest annual report.

This report provides comparative information on five major emergency and elective vascular interventions between 2019 and 2021:

• Repair of aortic aneurysms, including elective infra-renal, ruptured infra-renal, and more complex aneurysms
• Lower limb bypass
• Lower limb angioplasty/stenting
• Major lower limb amputation
• Carotid endarterectomy

The report also includes the results from an organisational audit of NHS vascular services in 2022.