Barts and The London Heart Attack Centre | Our performance
Our performance
Clinical outcomes
Traditional methods of treatments for heart attacks in the UK used to achieve a mortality rate amongst heart attack patients of approximately 12%. However since the new Heart Attack Centre launched in April 2006, doctors have reduced this to 5% which means many more lives are saved each year because of the new standards of care.
In 2010-2011, 80% of patients with a heart attack received a coronary reperfusion within 150 minutes from calling an ambulance; a great and extremely fast time taking into account the geographical challenges of North East Thames. This improvement has been associated with a reduction in the mortality rate for heart attack patients, according to Dr Foster Intelligence.
Length of stay at the Heart Attack Centre
In 2011, the median length of stay for all patients with a heart attack - or early warning signs of a major heart attack, was three days. This compares to a stay of 8-10 days with traditional treatment.
Number of procedures performed by the Barts and The London Heart Attack Centre in 2011
Between April 2011 and March 2012, 1167 patients were seen at the Heart Attack Centre. Of these, 667 (57%) were having acute myocardial infarction and 695 underwent primary PCI (percutaneous coronary intervention – which includes angioplasties).
Awards
- Health and social services award for emergency care 2003
- Certificate of merit hospital doctors award 2005
- Runner-up hospital doctor award cardiovascular category 2006
- Winner hospital nursing award 2007 for cardiac rehabilitation
- Winner Health Service Journal Award 2008 for fast-track treatment of heart attack sufferers
To find out more about our performance and other national hospitals managing heart attacks in the last year, please view page 72 of the MNAP report
