Table 3.

Postoperative management of patients following major vascular surgery on ICU/HDU and wards in relation total major vascular workload

Year	Total major vascular cases	Major vascular managed on HDU+ICU	Major vascular managed on vascular ward	HDU/ICU (%)	Ward (%)
1991	67	44	23	66	34
1992	96	78	18	81	19
1993	105	78	27	74	26
1994	93	63	30	68	32
1995	94	76	18	81	19
1996	119	84	35	71	29
1997	135	66	69	49	51
1998	132	86	46	65	35
1999	145	67	78	46	54
2000	162	75	87	46	54
2001*	124	40	84	32	68
2002*	138	63	75	46	54
2003	173	80	93	46	54
2004	185	67	118	36	64

^*Consultant on sabbatical for a proportion of each year.