The NHS Medical Director, Professor Sir Bruce Keogh, addressed the NHS London CQUIN meeting and encouraged all attendees to  work out the fine details around delivery of VTE prevention. There were presentations from leading London Trusts, including King’s Thrombosis Centre, identifying the challenges faced by Trusts to deliver the CQUIN goal, particularly the census rather and audit approach required, and there were calls for clarity on the need to risk assess both day cases and patients groups identified as low risk by the NICE guideline. Pre and post meeting materials have been circulated to the attendees, and a CQUIN guide edited by Dr Roopen Arya is in preparation.

Mrs Celia Ingham-Clark, Associate Medical Director – Secondary Care, NHS London; Professor Sir Bruce Keogh, NHS Medical Director; Dr Roopen Arya, Director, King’s Thrombosis Centre & Lead, National VTE Exemplar Centre Initiative; Professor Gerard Stansby, Professor of Vascular Surgery, Freeman Hospital; Chair, NICE VTE Quality Standards Group and member, guideline development group, NICE; Dr Andy Mitchell, Medical Director, NHS London; Ms Jen Watt, Medical Directorate, NHS London