Dr Foster health & medical guides
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Dr Foster is the UK's leading provider of comparative information on health and social care services.
Dr Foster's online tools and consumer guides enable both health and social care users and providers to make better informed decisions.
Dr Foster produces unique consumer guides to health services, the first of which was published in 2001 - the first time that comparative adjusted death rates for all NHS hospital trusts had ever been published.
The mortality data is produced by the Dr Foster Unit at Imperial College, Hospital Standardised Mortality Ratios (HSMRs) are now also published on Dr Foster's Hospital Guide.
Hip and Knee Replacement Waiting Times Update
Waiting times for hip and knee replacement continue to fall across all Strategic Health Authority regions
Dr Foster Health publishes the latest figures revealing how long you can expect to wait for your hip and knee replacement and how long you can expect to stay in hospital recovering from the procedure.
Find out how many hip and knee replacement operation were performed in 2008, revision and mortality rates for these procedures, as well as new developments in prosthetics technology.
Questions to Ask Your Consultant
Have you recently been referred by your GP to a hospital consultant?
Make the most out of your consultation visits by accessing Dr Foster Health's Questions to Ask Your Consultant series.
Discover the best questions to ask about medical procedures and treatments in orthopaedics, cardiology, dermatology, ophthalmology and maternity and obstetrics...
Feature: Health inequalities tool
The Intelligent Board 2009: Commissioning to reduce inequalities
Dr Foster's free Health Inequalities Tool helps you access information about your local Primary Care Trust (PCT) and reveals how well your community’s health needs are being met. Check your PCT's performance against the following health indicators:
- Diabetes complications
- Heart disease
- Preventable hospital admissions
- Stroke
- Alcohol-related liver disease and mental breakdown