Explanatory notes on the NELA Data: - Timeframe – Data was collected from December 2015 to November 2016 - Please follow this link to see the Inclusion/Exclusion criteria - http://www.nela.org.uk/NELADocs - For an explanation as to why these indicators were selected and reported on please see the Second Patient Report of the National Emergency Laparotomy Audit – http://www.nela.org.uk/reports - Grey rows indicate Hospitals submitting less than ten cases in the Second year of data collection - Cells with N/A mean that Data was not available / Not able to calculate