Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust

Address:

Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust ,
St Helier Hospital, Wrythe Lane , Carshalton , England , SM5 1AA
Tel: Work 020 8296 2000

Statistics for Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust

Performance

One year information displayed on this page is for the time period April 2010 to March 2011. For more information regarding these indicators please visit the Methodology. To view the latest rolling 1 year mortality ratio please select a procedure from the individual hospital pages.

  • Mortality
  • Broken hip repair
  • Stroke and vascular
  • Orthopaedics
  • Urology
  • Cardiac
  • Other quality indicators

  • Overall mortality ratio - 1 year

    This compares the actual number of deaths in a trust against the expected number

    National average: 100
    Trust rate: 86.6457

    The trust says...

    "The hospital standardised mortality ratio (HSMR) is an indicator of whether the death rate at a hospital is higher or lower than you would expect. It looks at the majority of activity in a hospital where risk of death is significant, and compares how many people would be expected to die with the actual rate of death. We are very pleased that we have – again – been found to have a low hospital standardised mortality rate (HSMR). Our HSMR for 2010-11 was 84%, which is 16% lower than the expected death rate. This shows that people are a lot less likely to die in our hospitals compared to the average Trust. However, we are not complacent and will continue to track our HSMR on a day-to-day basis to make sure it remains as low as possible. "

    Overall mortality ratio - 3 year

    This compares the actual number of deaths in a trust against the expected number over the last three years

    National average: 100
    Trust rate: 89.3950

    Overall mortality ratio for patients admitted as an emergency

    This compares the actual number of deaths in a trust against the expected number over the last three years for patients admitted for reasons other than an elective procedure, for example as an emergency

    National average: 100
    Trust rate: 86.5090

    Deaths after surgery

    This identifies surgical patients who had a secondary diagnosis such as internal bleeding, pneumonia or a blood clot and subsequently died

    National average: 100
    Trust rate: 83.4519

    Deaths in low-risk conditions

    Low risk conditions are those with a death rate of 0.5% or less, such as vasectomy or tonsillectomy

    National average: 100
    Trust rate: 0.0993

    Deaths in high-risk conditions

    This compares the actual number of deaths in a trust against the expected number for a basket of five specific diagnosis groups

    National average: 100
    Trust rate: 96.8185

  • Deaths following a hip fracture

    This compares the actual number of deaths in a trust against the expected number for patients with a broken hip

    National average: 100
    Trust rate: 124.8824

    Hip fracture - Operation within 2 days

    The percentage of patients admitted with a hip fracture that did not have an operation within 2 days

    National average: 29.62
    Trust rate: 34.8052

    Hip fracture - length of stay

    Patients with a broken hip who had a long stay in hospital

    National average: 100
    Trust rate: 104.5194

    Hip fracture - readmitted patients

    Patients with a broken hip who returned to hospital within 28 days as an emergency

    National average: 100
    Trust rate: 96.5372

  • Deaths following a stroke

    This compares the actual number of deaths in a trust against the expected number for patients who had a stroke

    National average: 100
    Trust rate: 89.2726

    Pneumonia following swallowing problems

    This is an example of a complication patients being treated for a stroke can develop

    National average: 100
    Trust rate: 147.0822

    Stroke - readmitted patients

    Stroke patients who returned to hospital within 28 days as an emergency

    National average: 100
    Trust rate: 123.8572

    Discharge to usual place of residence

    This measures how many patients were able to be discharged back to their own home with 56 days

    National average: 100
    Trust rate: 72.2697

    Stroke - length of stay

    Stroke patients who had a long stay in hospital

    National average: 100
    Trust rate: 109.7911

    Repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms - number of procedures

    This looks at how many operations are performed. It may be desirable to attend a hospital performing a high number of procedures

    24.0000

    The trust says...

    "During 2010-11, we treated 24 patients who required an operation for an abdominal aortic aneurysm. Whilst there were no clinical concerns around this treatment provided at the Trust, current best practice guidelines state that patients who require these operations should be treated in fewer, more specialist centres, where consultants treat more patients with the condition. As such, since April 2011, all patients who required an operation for an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) have been treated at nearby St George's Hospital "

    Deaths following repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms

    This compares the actual number of deaths in a trust against the expected number for patients who had an abdominal aortic aneurysm repaired


    Data not available.

  • Hip replacement - length of stay

    Patients admitted for a hip replacement who had a long length of stay

    National average: 100
    Trust rate: 48.9388

    The trust says...

    "All hip and knee replacement operations at the Trust are carried out at the Elective Orthopaedic Centre (EOC), which is based at Epsom Hospital. The EOC is committed to ensuring that patients who have hip and knee operations get back on their feet as quickly as possible. This ensures they have greater independence, greater mobility and a swifter recovery – there are no downsides. We ensure patients are given appropriate information before their admission, we admit them on the day of their surgery, have physiotherapists onsite 7-days-a-week, and we phone them two days after their discharge to ensure their recovery is going well and see if they need further support or advice. It is a model of care developed by a range of doctors across southwest London, and has been adopted by the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement as national best practice. "

    Knee replacement - length of stay

    Patients admitted for a knee replacement who had a long length of stay

    National average: 100
    Trust rate: 89.0777

    The trust says...

    "All hip and knee replacement operations at the Trust are carried out at the Elective Orthopaedic Centre (EOC), which is based at Epsom Hospital. The EOC is committed to ensuring that patients who have hip and knee operations get back on their feet as quickly as possible. This ensures they have greater independence, greater mobility and a swifter recovery – there are no downsides. We ensure patients are given appropriate information before their admission, we admit them on the day of their surgery, have physiotherapists onsite 7-days-a-week, and we phone them two days after their discharge to ensure their recovery is going well and see if they need further support or advice. It is a model of care developed by a range of doctors across southwest London, and has been adopted by the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement as national best practice. "

    Hip revisions and manipulations within 1 year

    The proportion of hip replacements with a revision procedure within 365 days of the initial procedure, compared with the total number of joint replacements carried out at the trust over a three year period

    National average: 1.53
    Trust rate: 1.0982

    Knee revisions and manipulations within 1 year

    The proportion of knee replacements with a revision procedure within 365 days of the initial procedure, compared with the total number of joint replacements carried out at the trust over a three year period

    National average: 1.62
    Trust rate: 1.2731

    Planned hip replacement - readmitted patients

    Patients with a planned hip replacement who returned to hospital within 28 days as an emergency

    National average: 100
    Trust rate: 82.5050

    Planned knee replacement - readmitted patients

    Patients with a planned knee replacement who returned to hospital within 28 days as an emergency

    National average: 100
    Trust rate: 81.4709

  • Redo rates for prostate resection

    The rate (expressed as a percentage) of procedures where a second operation was performed within three years

    National average: 4.94
    Trust rate: 0.0495

    Prostate resection - readmitted patients

    Patients with a prostate resection who returned to hospital within 28 days

    National average: 100
    Trust rate: 95.1406

    Bladder removal - length of stay

    Patients admitted for a bladder removal who had a long length of stay


    Data not available.

    Bladder removal - readmitted patients

    Patients admitted for a bladder removal who returned to hospital within 28 days


    Data not available.

    Prostate removal - open vs closed

    Percentage of patients who had the laparoscopic technique used


    Data not available.

    Kidney removal - readmitted patients

    Patients admitted for a kidney removal who returned to hospital within 28 days

    National average: 100
    Trust rate: 115.9551

  • Deaths following a heart attack

    This compares the actual number of deaths in a trust against the expected number for patients who were admitted with a heart attack

    National average: 100
    Trust rate: 116.8585

    Heart disease - readmitted patients

    Patients admitted with heart disease who returned to hospital as an emergency within 28 days

    National average: 100
    Trust rate: 95.5728

  • Outpatient waits

    37.0000
    35National average

    Day case overstays

    Percentage of patients admitted as a day case who ended up staying in hospital over night

    4.3061
    4.72National average

    % deaths at each trust which are coded as palliative care

    20.9576

    Ratio of doctors per 100 beds

    79.1371

    Ratio of nurses per 100 beds

    200.3263

    Obstetric trauma - vaginal delivery without instrument

    Percentage of patients who had an obstetric trauma

    National average: 3.71
    Trust rate: 6.1142