All Mortality rates articles – Page 31
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HSJ Knowledge
Care of deteriorating patients
Salford Royal Foundation Trust signed up to Patient Safety First in 2008 and is one of the trusts to implement the reducing harm from deterioration intervention.
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NewsMixed success on mortality rate reductions
There has been mixed success in meeting targets to reduce mortality rates for specific causes, the latest data from the Department of Health shows.
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NewsHospital mortality ratio wrangling ‘compromises confidence’
Disagreement about the right way of measuring hospitals’ standardised mortality ratios is compromising “confidence in them and their effective use”, the NHS Information Centre has warned.
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News'Mortality rates rise when new doctors start work'
Death rates for emergency patients jump 6 per cent when newly qualified doctors start work, according to the largest ever study of hospital mortality rates.
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LeaderHigh death rates or just more data headaches: it’s no contest
The health service has taken a brave step on the quality road this week with the publication of the names of trusts over the last two years where unusually high death rates triggered alerts with the regulator.
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CommentSophia Christie on making an impact on male mortality
I can’t live without my burgers, my chips or the doner meat. I know they are bad, I can see the fat dripping out of it…
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NewsCQC to name trusts with highest death rates
Trusts with unusually high mortality rates that have sparked inspections will be named for the first time, plans revealed to HSJ show.
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NewsTrusts with high death rates to be named
Trusts with unusually high mortality rates that have sparked inspections will be named for the first time, plans revealed to HSJ show.
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NewsHSJ survey: Hospital managers act on Mid Staffs failures
Around half of hospital managers and other staff believe elements of poor standards found at Mid Staffordshire foundation trust exist at their own organisation, a HSJ straw poll suggests.
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News
DH team launched to reduce infant deaths
The Department of Health has launched a national support team to reduce differences in infant mortality rates in the face of a looming deadline.
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News
Chief executive resigns following mortality probe
The chair and chief executive of a foundation trust have resigned ahead of the first regulatory report triggered by mortality figures.
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News
Trusts fail to act on mortality alerts
Some hospital trust boards are neglecting figures that may highlight serious care failings, leading to patient deaths, the Healthcare Commission has said.
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News
Department of Health publishes mortality statistics
Statistics outlining progress on reducing overall mortality rates from cancer, circulatory disease, suicide and undetermined injury and accidents have been published.
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HSJ Knowledge
Publishing mortality rates - the HR challenge
The NHS Choices website has published death rates for four types of surgery at NHS hospitals in England. Claire Reynolds explains how this could affect performance management
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News
Academics doubt link between death and standards
Academic research has cast serious doubt on the link between hospital mortality rates and quality of care, raising questions over Department of Health moves towards routine publication of death rates.
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Leader
Patients have a right to know about mortality rates
The argument in the West Midlands over interpreting mortality rates is just a taste of the rows that will ensue once the Department of Health starts publishing outcomes data.
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News
NHS Choices to publish hospital mortality rates
Hospital death rates for four operations will be published for the first time on the NHS Choices website in a bid to help patients make more informed choices.
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News
Hospital death rates published
Death rates for four hospital procedures will be published by the Department of Health today in a move designed to help patients make more informed choices.
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Leader
Publish and be damned: death rates could improve outcomes
With quality now firmly established as the health service's new mantra, its measurement is the next step.
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HSJ Knowledge
Making progress on infant mortality
High infant mortality rates in disadvantaged groups make the latest inequalities targets tough to hit. But there has been some progress in this area, as Andy Cowper found out.