All Mortality rates articles – Page 14
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HSJ KnowledgePutting an end to high weekend mortality rates
CCGs and providers cane work together to deliver safer care 24/7
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HSJ Local
Death rates fall at George Eliot
PERFORMANCE: George Eliot Hospital trust is reporting improved performance on mortality rates.
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HSJ Local
Trust responds to Keogh by centralising complex surgery
STRUCTURE: North Cumbria University Hospitals will tomorrow take the first steps towards centralising all of its complex surgery onto one site, at the Cumberland Infirmary in Carlisle.
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HSJ KnowledgePutting a stop to preventable deaths
Using morbidity and mortality meetings to help reduce deaths in hospitals
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NewsPHE says flu and cold weather to blame for spike in excess deaths
The national public health oversight body has said excess deaths during winter 2012-13 “would seem to be” due to “a combination of circulating influenza and cold weather”.
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NewsFewer inquests held for women than men
Doctors are less likely to report the death of a woman to a coroner than they are a man’s, a study has found.
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HSJ Local
Aintree University Hospitals a ‘repeat outlier’ for high SHMI death rate
PERFORMANCE: Aintree University Hospitals had higher than expected mortality in both of the last two calendar years, according to a new summary hospital level mortality indicator (SHMI) report.
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CommentKeogh review: A missed chance for integrated care
Social care is crucial to improving the NHS’s quality
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NewsCall for Welsh healthcare probe rejected
The Welsh government has rejected calls for an inquiry into NHS care standards and death rates.
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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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HSJ Local
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.