Research and analysis

Surgical site infections (SSI) surveillance: NHS hospitals in England

This annual report covers surgical site infection (SSI) data collected by NHS hospitals and independent sector NHS treatment centres.

From:
UK Health Security Agency
Published
16 December 2013
Last updated
19 December 2023 — See all updates

Applies to England

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Surveillance of surgical site infections in NHS hospitals in England: 2022 to 2023

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Surgical site infections surveillance service: NHS trust tables 2021 to 2023

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Surveillance of surgical site infections in NHS hospitals in England: 2021 to 2022

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Surgical site infections surveillance service: NHS trust tables 2020 to 2022

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Surveillance of surgical site infections in NHS hospitals in England: 2020 to 2021

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Surgical site infections surveillance service: NHS trust tables 2019 to 2021

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Details

Data in this report includes voluntary submissions and data submitted as part of the Department of Health and Social Care’s mandatory healthcare-associated infection surveillance programme.

It includes information on the number of operations performed, data quality, benchmarks, trends and risk factors from participating hospitals. SSIs are also recorded in supplementary tables for orthopaedic surgical categories for each NHS trust in England.

The report is aimed at:

  • clinical staff in hospitals
  • infection control practitioners
  • microbiologists
  • public health practitioners
  • researchers
  • readers interested in healthcare-associated infections

Previous reports were published by Public Health England and the Health Protection Agency.

Published 16 December 2013
Last updated 19 December 2023 + show all updates

  1. Added report for 2022 to 2023 and data for 2021 to 2023.

  2. Added report for 2021 to 2022 and data for 2020 to 2022.

  3. Added 2020 to 2021 report and spreadsheet.

  4. Added report and data tables for 2019 to 2020.

  5. Added 2018 to 2019 report and data tables.

  6. Added 2017 to 2018 report and NHS Trust tables.

  7. Added 2016 to 2017 report and NHS Trust tables.

  8. Added 2015 to 2016 report and NHS Trust tables.

  9. Added 2014 to 2015 report and NHS Trust tables.

  10. The following have been added: 'Surveillance of surgical site infections in NHS hospitals in England: 2013 to 2014'; Surgical site infections surveillance: NHS Trust tables 2013 to 2014

  11. First published.

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