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Tag Archives: Generalised Hospital Mortality
Keogh Review Visits for Lowest Performing 14 “Mortality Outlier” Hospitals (NHS England)
Summary Experienced teams of doctors, nurses and patient representatives are to visit 14 hospital trusts where mortality ratios have shown higher-than-expected rates for the past two years. as part of NHS England‘s Keogh review. “…intelligence held by different organisations across the NHS … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Local Interest, National, NHS, NHS England, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Acute Care, Acute Hospital Care, Acute Hospitals, Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust, Burton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Care in General Hospitals, Chief Inspector of Hospitals, Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust, Consequences of the Francis Inquiry Report, Dementia Care in Acute General Hospitals, Dementia Care in Acute Settings, Dementia Care in General Hospitals, Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust, East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust, Francis Inquiry, General Hospitals, Generalised Hospital Mortality, George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust, Hospital Inspections, Hospital Mortality, Hospital Mortality Rates, Hospital Standardised Mortality Ratios (HSMRs), Implications of the Francis Inquiry Report, Keogh Mortality Review, Keogh Review, Medical Director of NHS England: Professor Sir Bruce Keogh, Medway NHS Foundation Trust, Mid-Staffordshire NHS Trust, Mortality, Mortality Outlier Hospitals, Mortality Rates, NHS England (Formerly the NHS Commissioning Board), North Cumbria University Hospitals NHS Trust, Northern Lincolnshire and Goole Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Outlier Hospitals, Patient Experience, Patient Safety, Preventable Hospital Mortality, QSGs: Quality Surveillance Groups, Quality Surveillance Groups, Quality Surveillance Groups (QSGs), Rapid Responsive Review Teams, Rapid Responsive Reviews, Regional Medical and Nursing Directors of NHS England, Regulation, Regulatory Stringency, Risk Summits, Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Sir Bruce Keogh (Former Chief Executive of the NHS Commissioning Board; now NHS England), Tameside Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust
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Hospital Death Rates Warnings Ignored (BBC News / Reform / NHS TDA / Verita)
Summary Professor Sir Brian Jarman, director of the Doctor Foster Research Unit at Imperial College in London, has commented that more than 20,000 hospital deaths could have been prevented if warnings about high mortality rates in certain hospitals had been … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, National, NHS, NHS Improvement, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Acute Care, Acute Hospital Care, Acute Hospitals, BBC Health News, Care in General Hospitals, Deloitte LLP (“Deloitte”), Deloitte UK Centre for Health Solutions, Dementia Care in Acute General Hospitals, Dementia Care in Acute Settings, Dementia Care in General Hospitals, Dr Foster, Dr Foster Hospital Guide, Dr Foster's My Hospital Guide: Efficiency & Mortality, Failing NHS Hospitals, General Hospitals, Generalised Hospital Mortality, Hospital Standardised Mortality Ratios (HSMRs), Hospitals as Dangerous Places, Hospitals as Hazardous Places, Imperial College London, Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust, Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Inquiry, My Hospital Guide: Efficiency & Mortality, NHS TDA: NHS Trust Development Authority, NHS Trust Development Authority, NHS Trust Development Authority (NHS TDA), NHS Trust Development Authority (NTDA), NHS Trust Development Authority (TDA), NHSI: NHS Improvement, Preventable Hospital Mortality, Reform, SHMI: Summary Hospital-level Mortality indicator, Sir Brian Jarman, Summary Hospital-level Mortality indicator (SHMI), Takeover: Tackling Failing NHS Hospitals, Verita, Verita: Improvement Through Investigation
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Full-to-Bursting Hospitals Pose Potential Dangers (BBC News / Dr Foster / NHS Choices)
Summary The latest Dr Foster Hospital Guide for 2012 indicates that most hospitals in England are “full to bursting”, resulting in potentially dangerous environments for patients. It has been estimated that hospitals should run optimally at around 80-85% capacity to allow room to cope … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, National, NHS, NHS Digital (Previously NHS Choices), Patient Care Pathway, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Acute Care, Acute Hospital Care, Acute Hospitals, Avoidable Rehospitalisations, BBC Health News, Bed Days, Bed Occupancy, Bed Use (Acute Hospitals), Behind the Headlines, Care in General Hospitals, Dementia Care in Acute General Hospitals, Dementia Care in Acute Settings, Dementia Care in General Hospitals, Dr Foster, Dr Foster Hospital Guide, Dr Foster's My Hospital Guide: Efficiency & Mortality, Emergency Admissions, General Hospitals, Generalised Hospital Mortality, Health and Social Care Integration, Hospital Beds, Hospital Mortality, Hospital Mortality Rates, Integration, Long-Term Conditions, Long-Term Conditions (LTCs), Mortality, Mortality Rates, My Hospital Guide: Efficiency & Mortality, Preventable Hospital Admissions, Preventable Hospital Mortality, Readmissions for Patients with Long Term Conditions, Service Integration, Total Bed-Days in Hospital, Urinary Tract Infection
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Preventable Deaths Due to Problems in Care in English Acute Hospitals (BMJ Quality and Safety)
Summary This retrospective case record review found that incidence of preventable hospital deaths, while lower than previous estimates, is still substantial. This study reviewed estimated life expectancy upon hospital admission, identified problems in care contributing to death and assessed whether … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Department of Health, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), National, NHS, Patient Care Pathway, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Acute Care, Acute Hospital Care, Acute Hospitals, Adverse Events, BMJ Quality and Safety, Care in General Hospitals, Chief Medical Officer, Dehydration, Department of Health Services Research and Policy, Diagnostic Errors, General Hospital Care, General Hospitals, Generalised Hospital Mortality, Hospital Mortality, Hospital Mortality Rates, Hydration, Imperial College London, Inadequate Drug or Fluid Management, Institute of Health and Society, Institute of Health and Society (Newcastle University UK), London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Mortality, National Patient Safety Agency, NHS Outcomes Framework, NHS Outcomes Framework 2012/13, NHSOF: NHS Outcomes Framework, Patient Safety Incidents, Poor Clinical Monitoring, Preventable Deaths in English Acute Hospitals, Preventable Hospital Deaths, Preventable Hospital Mortality, Problems in Care in English Acute Hospitals, Retrospective Ccase Record Review (RCRR), US Institute of Medicine Report: To Err is Human
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Right Care (Invitation Letter): Creating Dementia-Friendly Hospitals (Dementia Action Alliance)
Summary The Dementia Action Alliance (DAA), in partnership with the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement has distributed this letter inviting leaders of NHS acute trusts to sign up to “The Right Care: a call to action to improve the … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Dementia Action Alliance, Falls Prevention, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), National, NHS, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged CQUIN Dementia Goal, Creating Dementia Friendly Hospitals, Creating Dementia-Friendly Hospitals (Dementia Action Alliance), Dementia CQUIN, Dementia Friendly Acute Hospitals, Dementia-Friendly Communities, Dementia-Friendly Neighbourhoods, Dementia-Friendly Wards, Emergency Readmissions to Hospital, Falls Reduction, Generalised Hospital Mortality, Hospital Falls Prevention, Hospital Mortality, Hospital Mortality Rates, Institute for Innovation and Improvement, Mortality, National Dementia CQUIN, NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement, Preventable Hospital Admissions, Professor Alistair Burns, Readmissions for Patients with Long Term Conditions, Right Care, Right Care (Invitation Letter), Right Care Programme, Right Care: Creating Dementia Friendly Hospitals, Simon Kitchen (DAA Head of Secretariat: Alzheimer’s Society), Simon Kitchen (Dementia and Acute Care: Call to Action Taskforce Chair)
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Recent Systematic Reviews on Mortality
[A version of this collection appears in: Dementia and Elderly Care: the Latest Evidence Newsletter (RWHT), Volume 3 Issue 3, October 2012]. Introduction Every month a large number of journal articles, including systematic reviews and meta-analyses, are examined. Here is … Continue reading
