All Mortality rates articles – Page 15
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NewsEXCLUSIVE: Unexpected rise in deaths among older people
Public health officials are closely monitoring death rates as mortality among older people has been unexpectedly increasing since the beginning of 2012, HSJ has learned.
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NewsGrant 'worried' by hospital death claims
The chair of the independent board created by the government to run the NHS was “worried” by incorrect claims about hospital deaths surrounding the publication of the Keogh mortality review, he revealed to HSJ.
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NewsResignations announced at Keogh review trust
East Lancashire Hospitals Trust today announced the resignations of its chair and deputy chief executive, minutes before the expected publication of Sir Bruce Keogh review’s report on the trust.
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NewsKeogh review leaks point to staffing issues
Sir Bruce Keogh’s review of mortality indicators at 14 trusts has found staffing concerns at each but it also cautions against taking the indicator scores to mean the same thing as “avoidable deaths”, leaked extracts suggest.
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Hospital had 'suboptimal standards'
Tameside General Hospital is set to be heavily criticised in a series of reports by NHS England medical director Professor Sir Bruce Keogh.
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NewsThe Keogh review: HSJ's brief guide to mortality rates
The Keogh review into high mortality rates at 14 NHS hospital trusts has once again brought the debate over the indicator to the fore.
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NewsNHS England plans stricter guidelines on consultant data
NHS England faces running into further consultant opposition after it emerged it wants to impose stricter publishing guidelines on royal colleges for next year’s consultant performance data.
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NewsTrusts urged to reduce elective activity during junior doctor transition
Hospitals have been urged to consider further reducing elective activity during the junior doctor changeover in August to help tackle a spike in mortality rates.
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CommentWill publishing surgeon performance improve outcomes?
Public reporting of clinical performance can have unintended consequences
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NewsIndividual trusts to publish surgeons’ data
Individual trusts’ websites will have to provide links to their consultants’ performance data – including mortality rates – by the end of July, under a flagship NHS transparency programme.
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NewsOpt-out doctors 'will be named'
Doctors who decide not to disclose details of their performance will be “named and shamed” by the government, it has emerged.
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Death rates to be investigated at Tameside Hospital
PERFORMANCE: The foundation trust will be among the first five to be investigated by NHS Commissioning Board medical director Sir Bruce Keogh, in a probe into hospitals with the highest mortality rates.
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NewsCouncil disquiet over public health death rankings
Public Health England says premature deaths comparison site will help target local spending
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CommentWhy hospital failure is fine, but passing is not
Examining Sir Bruce Keogh’s review of high mortality rates
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NewsFrancis concerned about failure to merge regulators' 'leadership'
The refusal to merge NHS provider regulation into a single organisation could leave the system open to mistakes, Robert Francis QC has told HSJ.
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NewsCare bill extends CQC's powers
The Care Quality Commission will be able to order Monitor to put trusts into special administration over quality failures, under new powers set out in the Care Bill.
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Morecambe Bay to cut up to 230 posts in savings drive
WORKFORCE: University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay Foundation Trust has begun a staff consultation on plans to cut its workforce by up to 230 whole time equivalents in a drive to make savings of £30m by the end of 2013-14.
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Pennine Acute’s in-month HSMR at 106.2 in January
PERFORMANCE: Latest figures from healthcare intelligence firm Dr Foster show that Pennine Acute Hospitals Trust’s hospital standardised mortality ratio rose in January, board papers state.
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Sumara appointed Bolton chief as trust reports 'encouraging' coding review findings
PERFORMANCE: Antony Sumara has been appointed as interim chief executive at Bolton NHS Foundation Trust. In a statement trust chair David Wakefield said that the organisation had received “encouraging interim findings from an independent review into sepsis recording at the trust.
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CommentTime for the NHS to import innovation
The NHS must reform its culture, not just reorganise its structure