All Mortality rates articles – Page 32
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Healthcare Commission reports on heart mortality rates
A report by the Healthcare Commission has found that rates of mortality for heart surgery at Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals trust are within statistical limits.Commission chief executive Anna Walker said surgeons were to be 'strongly commended' for publishing the data.Read the report here
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Slow fall on infant mortality
Infant mortality rates are falling more slowly in poorer areas than in less deprived ones, according to a Department of Health report.
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A matter of life and death: reducing avoidable mortality
Senior staff from 16 hospitals got together to brainstorm on reducing avoidable deaths. Hugh Rogers and Kate Jones report
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Infant mortality highest in deprived areas, finds research
Primary care trusts in London must work harder to reduce the number of infants who die within their first year of life, the London Health Observatory has warned.
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HELEN BEVAN ON CONFRONTING MORTALITY RATES
Across the US, a healthcare quality phenomenon is occurring. The senior leaders of more than 2,000 hospitals (a third of all US hospitals) have publicly signed up to a campaign organised by the Institute of Health Improvement.
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Surgeon mortality rates to be opened for appraisal
Published: 28/03/2002, Volume II2, No. 5798 Page 8
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Study reveals HR link to patient mortality rates
Published: 07/03/2002, Volume II2, No. 5795 Page 7
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'Investing for health' plans to lower NI mortality rate
NHS managers will be expected to produce 'health and well-being investment plans' in a bid to rid Northern Ireland of some of the highest mortality and morbidity rates in the world, health minister Bairbre de Brun has announced.
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Mortality data auditing in private hospitals 'bad and getting worse'
Private hospital mortality data is poor and getting worse, according to the latest report of the National Confidential Inquiry into Perioperative Deaths published this week.