National news
More patients say they receive excellent care from NHS hospitals
In the biggest survey of 76,000 adult inpatients staying overnight in 165 English NHS Hospitals Trusts, 42% of respondents gave their care the top possible rating, up from 38 per cent in 2002.
For detailed look at the results for ULHT and for comparative results with other Trusts, visit the national inpatient survey.
Cross checking of NHS trust performance to be carried out
The Healthcare Commission will carry out a thorough check of NHS trusts' public declarations on whether they meet the government's standards for healthcare.
ULHT has declared itself compliant in all core standards for the period to 31st March 2008, except for C05b and C08b. For more information on the Trust’s compliance view the Trust Compliance against Core Standards spreadsheet.
Better outlook for patients with oesophago-gastric cancer but palliative services still need to improve, says first national audit
Patients with oesophago-gastric cancer are surviving longer due to better services, but more work still needs to be done to improve organisation of palliative care, says the first national Oesophago-Gastric (OG) Cancer Audit.
Joint report highlights high reporting as better for patient safety
A joint report from the NHS Confederation and the NPSA suggests that Trusts which report high levels of patient safety incidents, have a stronger culture of safety.
National reporting and learning system data summary
The NPSA reports in issue 8 of its 'National reporting and learning system data summary,' that there were 229,804 patient safety incidents during the period covered by the report, 73% of them occurring within acute Trusts.
Two new NCEPOD reports have been published:
Coronary Artery Bypass Grafts: The heart of the matterPilot CNST Maternity Standards released
This report contains the results of the study it undertook to establish remedial factors in the care of patients that died following a first time, isolated coronary artery bypass graft.
Sickle: A sickle crisis?
This report contains a review of current haemoglobinopathy mortality, to obtain broad baseline data and make recommendations to alter practice.
The June 2008 pilot version of the revised CNST Maternity Clinical Risk Management Standards has now been released. A final version of the standards will be issued in March 2009 for formal assessment in 2009/10.
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Integrated Governance Indicators 2008/09
The indicators that are used to assess progress with Clinical Governance have been revised for this year. The indicators reflect the requirements of the Healthcare Commission, the NHS Litigation Authority and other national standards. Directorates self assess themselves against the indicators to ensure that progress is made across the year.
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