National Audit of Hospital Mortality Annual Report 2021
The National Office of Clinical Audit (NOCA) launched the seventh report from the National Audit of Hospital Mortality (NAHM) on July 25th 2023. Analysis of the data for 2021 shows that crude mortality for AMI (Acute Myocardial Infarction) and both stroke conditions has declined over the last 10-years. However, heart failure mortality has risen in 2021 and the reasons why are not yet evident.
There are six key diagnoses: acute myocardial infarction (AMI), heart failure, ischaemic stroke, haemorrhagic stroke, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and pneumonia included in the 2021 report. These diagnoses were chosen because they have the highest burden on the health service, and its patients, and have the largest numbers of cases admitted to hospital nationally.