All Mortality rates articles – Page 16
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NewsNicholson defends himself to MPs over Mid Staffs failings
Sir David Nicholson has defended himself before MPs and said he is “determined” to remain in post as the NHS reforms are implemented.
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NewsExclusive: Fewer doctors per bed at death-rate investigation trusts
An analysis of the 14 hospital trusts being investigated by the Department of Health over higher than expected death rates has highlighted medical staffing as a possible cause.
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CommentFrancis and funding: an explanation for ‘failing’ hospitals
Excess mortality is rooted in funding
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Medway faces scrutiny from Keogh over high mortality rate
PERFORMANCE: Medway Foundation Trust has been confirmed as one of 14 acute sector organisations that are to be investigated for high mortality rates.
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NewsNine more trusts face Keogh death probe
The scope of the NHS medical director’s review of hospitals with high mortality rates has widened to include another nine trusts, it has been announced.
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East Lancashire Hospitals to face death rates probe
PERFORMANCE: The 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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NewsMid Staffs myths exposed: the truth about death rates, whistleblowers and the inquiry
Shaun Lintern addresses some of the myths that surround the scandal of poor care at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust.
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East Sussex has HSMR of 101
PERFORMANCE: East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust performed slightly below expected for patient mortality rates, according to this year’s Dr Foster “hospital guide”.
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Ashford and St Peter’s has HSMR of 103
Ashford and St Peter’s Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
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NewsWarning on NHS trusts' death rates
Death rates at five trusts have been “higher than expected” two years in a row, figures show.
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NewsPerformance of individual surgeons to be published by next summer
Hospitals providing care to NHS patients will be required to publish information on the performance of individual consultant surgeons working across 10 specialties by summer 2013.
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Dartford and Gravesham attains HSMR of 93
PERFORMANCE: Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust performed better than expected for patient mortality rates, according to this year’s Dr Foster “hospital guide”.
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Brighton and Sussex attains HSMR of 94
PERFORMANCE: Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust performed better than expected for patient mortality rates, according to this year’s Dr Foster “hospital guide”.
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NewsConcern over 12 trusts' death rates
Death rates at 12 hospital trusts in England were alarmingly high last year, according to an influential report.
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NewsDistrict general hospitals top efficiency league
District general hospitals are the most clinically efficient in the NHS, a major study has revealed.
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George Eliot death rate drops
PERFORMANCE: George Eliot Hospital Trust’s mortality rate has dropped, latest figures show, although it remains “higher than expected”.
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NewsMandate approach will avoid perverse incentives
The government has rejected the use of fixed national targets in its mandate to the NHS Commissioning Board in favour of seeking continuous improvement against the NHS outcomes framework.
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NewsNo set targets in revised mandate
The government has rejected the use of set national targets in the final version of its mandate to the NHS Commissioning Board, in favour of seeking continuous improvement against the NHS outcomes framework.
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NewsMPs call for improved diabetes care
Too many patients with diabetes are developing potentially life-threatening complications because they are not receiving the straightforward care and support they need, according to MPs.
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Above average SMHI at Western Sussex
PERFORMANCE: Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust’s board has been told that its Summary Hospital-Level Mortality Indicator (SMHI) level is above average but “as expected”.