Explanatory notes on the NELA Data:
- Timeframe – Data was collected from December 2018 to November 2019
- Please follow this link to see the Inclusion/Exclusion criteria - http://www.nela.org.uk/NELADocs
- For an explanation as to why these indicators were selected and reported on please see the Fourth Patient Report of the National Emergency Laparotomy Audit – http://www.nela.org.uk/reports
- Grey rows indicate Hospitals submitting less than ten cases in the Sixth year of data collection
- Cells with N/A mean that Data was not available / Not able to calculate
- Changes to variables:
- Risk of death - NELA considers the predicted mortality to be the highest of NELA Risk Model predicted mortality / Clinical judgemen