All MEDWAY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST articles – Page 15
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HSJ Local
Medway hails ‘best results’ on mixed sex wards
PERFORMANCE: The trust believes itself to be compliant with operating framework requirements that it eliminate mixed sex accommodation except where it is in the overall best interests of the patient, or reflects the patient choice.
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HSJ Local
Medway HCAs among first to pass stoma NVQ
WORKFORCE: The trust has announced that two of its clinical support workers are among the first in the UK to pass a stoma care National Vocational Qualification (NVQ).
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News
Monitor's intervention threshold lowered in new framework
Monitor is set to intervene in more foundation trusts that are in danger of breaching their authorisation.
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HSJ Local
Medway FT in top tier for stroke services
PERFORMANCE: Medway Foundation Trust has been rated as one of the best in country for stroke services.
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HSJ Local
Medway FT experiencing rise in A&E attendance
Accident and emergency attendances have increased in 2010-11 compared to the same period last year.
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News
Dr Foster sticks with alternative death rate
One of the most prominent methods of comparing hospital death rates has been the hospital standardised mortality ratio, promulgated by firm Dr Foster and used to create its annual Hospital Guide since 2001.
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HSJ Knowledge
High-risk medications
The key intervention that Medway foundation trust has put into practice is the reducing harm from high-risk meds intervention. This aims to reduce harm from five high-risk medicines with a specific focus on insulin.