Health - Second Report
Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 23 February 2005.
CONTENTS
Terms of Reference
Summary
Glossary of terms
1 Introduction
2 The problem
What is venous thromboembolism?
Causes of venous thrombosis
Risk of venous thrombosis during surgery
Other risk areas for venous thrombosis in
hospitalised patients
Cost of VTE to the nation
3 Availability
of prophylaxis and current guidelines
Efficacy of prophylaxis
Current guidelines
4 The current
use of prophylaxis
Lack of awareness of the problem
Concerns about bleeding
Belief that VTE is no longer a problem
Inconsistent guidelines
Problems of funding
Department of Health
What should be done to improve the situation?
Education and awareness
Establishing guidelines
Counselling and risk assessment
Implementation of the guidelines
Thrombosis committees and thrombosis teams
List of abbreviations used in the report
Conclusions and recommendations
Formal Minutes
Witnesses
MINUTES OF EVIDENCE
Thursday 9 December 2004
List of Written evidence
Written evidence
List of unprinted written evidence
Reports from the Health Committee since 2001
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