Features
- Hip and Knee Replacement Waiting Times Update 1st July 2009
- 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.
- The Intelligent Board 2009: Commissioning to reduce inequalities 9th June 2009
- A microsite designed to support and extend the content of the Commissioning to reduce inequalities report, which was published in June 2009.
- What are Hospital Standardised Mortality Ratios? 30th April 2009
- The Hospital Standardised Mortality Ratio (HSMR) is an indicator of healthcare quality that measures whether the death rate at a hospital is higher or lower than you would expect. Like all statistics, HSMRs are not perfect. If a hospital has a high HSMR, it cannot be said for certain that this reflects failings in the care provided by the hospital. However, it can be a warning sign that things are going wrong.
- Infection control 24th March 2009
- New legislation is being passed into law on April 1 2009 that will grant a new government body the power to enforce new infection control requirements with an aim to improving hygiene and reducing MRSA and Clostridium difficile outbreaks.
- Data quality not to blame for poor NHS performance 24th March 2009
- The Healthcare Commission's recent report detailing the failings in patient care at the Mid-Staffordshire Hospital Trust has criticised the trust for blaming poor coding and data rather than investigating the quality of care.
- Obesity map reveals extent of Britain's weight problem 17th November 2008
- Department of Health figures for 2007-8 show that the NHS local administrative PCTs spent a total of £4.2bn on treating the health effects of overweight and obesity. The NHS's current budget for 2008-9 is just under £100bn.
- Hospital Guide 2008 17th November 2008
- Dr Foster reveals the health of our hospitals in the annual Hospital Guide. This year's report focuses on three dimensions of quality: patient safety, effectiveness of care and patient experience.