All Mortality rates articles – Page 13
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NewsEvidence of mortality rate progress at Keogh trusts
Trusts placed into special measures last year for persistently high mortality rates have shown signs of improvement, a report by three healthcare bodies has found.
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CommentConvince the public that data helps them get the best care
We’ll have to use all the information we’ve got
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NewsAirline style briefings aim to improve patient safety
Trusts taking part in the new Sign up to Safety campaign will be asked to commit to giving patients “airline style” safety advice on their stay in hospital, a trust chief executive leading the campaign has said.
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NewsHollins urges action on learning disabilities care
Exclusive: Ministers will today be accused of failing to implement recommendations from a damning report into the care of NHS patients with learning disabilities.
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HSJ LocalDeath rate whistleblower fears sack
An NHS whistleblower could be sacked for raising concerns that a hospital was fiddling its death rates - bringing into question promises made by ministers to protect those who speak out in the public interest.
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NewsHospital death data 'distraction'
Questions have been raised over the value of mortality statistics published for NHS hospitals, after an academic taking part in a review of their use branded them “spurious” and said the public would be better off ignoring them.
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HSJ KnowledgeCan Mandela's model for restorative justice work in healthcare?
Healing, not punishment
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NewsDH acknowledges 'first fall in life expectancy since 2003'
The Department of Health has acknowledged that life expectancy at 75 – one of its corporate indicators – fell in 2012 for the first time in many years.
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NewsCQC revises intelligent monitoring tool
Acute trusts will get longer to check the data in the Care Quality Commission’s Intelligent Monitoring Tool before it is made public under a series of changes due to be announced by the regulator today.
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NewsMortality ratio information identifies new 'outliers'
Six trusts have been identified as having a “persistently” higher than expected mortality rate according to the summary hospital-level mortality indicator.
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CommentThe information revolution hasn't stopped care failings
Access to data isn’t improving hospital care
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NewsDeaths from three cancers 'to fall'
The number of people dying from breast, prostate and bowel cancer will almost halve in the three decades up to 2020, new figures suggest.
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NewsDr Foster identifies 13 trusts with high mortality ratios
Thirteen hospital trusts have higher than expected mortality indicator scores, according to an extract from the latest report by health analytics firm Dr Foster which has been shared exclusively with HSJ.
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NewsHigher death rate NHS trusts named
Seven NHS trusts have higher than expected death rates for patients who die in hospital or within 30 days of discharge, according to new data.
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News'Link' between mortality rates and doctor sanctions to be probed
The General Medical Council has told HSJ it will investigate an apparent statistical link between high mortality rates and the numbers of doctors receiving a warning or sanction.
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HSJ Local
Taunton investigating weekend mortality
PERFORMANCE: Taunton and Somerset Foundation Trust is investigating why deaths have been higher than expected at weekends, commissioner board papers reveal.
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CommentGet the measure of what patients really want
Mobile technology can help improve the patient experience
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HSJ Local
South West hospitals perform well against SHMI
PERFORMANCE: Five trusts in the south west had higher than expected mortality under the standardised hospital mortality indicator.