St Helens and Knowsley Hospitals NHS Trust

Address:

St Helens and Knowsley Hospitals NHS Trust ,
Whiston Hospital, Warrington Road , Prescot , England , L35 5DR
Tel: Work 0151 4261600

Hospitals within this trust:

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Statistics for St Helens and Knowsley Hospitals NHS Trust

Performance

For more information regarding these indicators please visit the Methodology

  • 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: 92.8897

    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: 97.5656

    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: 92.7715

    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: 84.0240

    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: 0.0825

    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: 95.8906

  • 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: 106.1413

    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: 16.6667

    Hip fracture - length of stay

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

    National average: 100
    Trust rate: 132.2802

    Hip fracture - readmitted patients

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

    National average: 100
    Trust rate: 105.4238

  • 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: 99.2998

    Pneumonia following swallowing problems

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

    National average: 100
    Trust rate: 112.7626

    Stroke - readmitted patients

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

    National average: 100
    Trust rate: 123.1272

    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: 76.3762

    Stroke - length of stay

    Stroke patients who had a long stay in hospital

    National average: 100
    Trust rate: 116.1674

    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


    Data not available.

    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: 102.5993

    Knee replacement - length of stay

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

    National average: 100
    Trust rate: 102.5077

    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: 1.9856

    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: 2.4828

    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: 205.7908

    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: 182.6313

  • 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: 0.0296

    Prostate resection - readmitted patients

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

    National average: 100
    Trust rate: 123.5511

    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: 106.2991

  • 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: 75.8548

    Heart disease - readmitted patients

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

    National average: 100
    Trust rate: 112.0616

  • Outpatient waits

    25.0000
    35National average

    Day case overstays

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

    4.9580
    4.72National average

    % deaths at each trust which are coded as palliative care

    10.5711

    Ratio of doctors per 100 beds

    115.9910

    Ratio of nurses per 100 beds

    171.1451

    Obstetric trauma - vaginal delivery without instrument

    Percentage of patients who had an obstetric trauma

    National average: 3.71
    Trust rate: 5.9982