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NHS Trust's Death Rate for Heart Attack Patients 'Above Average'

THE trust that runs Bridlington Hospital is one of the country's worst for patient safety, according to an independent report.

Scarborough And North East Yorkshire Healthcare NHS Trust scored just 2.06 out of 100 in The Hospital Guide.

The document is published by Dr Foster Intelligence, an organisation that monitors healthcare.

Its report found the trust's death rate for heart attack patients, as well as those patients admitted with a broken hip, was above the national average.
But Simon Jones, director of planning and performance at the trust, said improvements were already taking place.

He said: "We know about many of the areas where we were rated weak. We have already started to tackle them and we know we will see a much better picture next year.

"Understanding and tackling patient safety is a top priority for this trust and we have identified the main areas where we need to improve, such as setting up patient safety forums and improving our patient coding and recording systems, so we know more about what happens to our patients.

"We would like to reassure our patients we are an improving hospital and we are confident that our safety and service is of the highest quality."

Hull And East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust, which runs Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital in Cottingham, was among five trusts in the Yorkshire and Humber region "operating on a significantly low number of hip-fracture patients within two days of their admission, as stated in NHS guidelines".
Dr Foster said by making patients wait this long, the trust is "jeopardising patients' recovery and wasting hospital bed-days as the patients wait for their operation".

The trust has a score of 23.29 out of 100 and was found to have a "significantly high" mortality ratio.

Dr David Hepburn, medical director at Hull And East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust, said: "We are surprised at and disappointed with the Dr Foster report, as we do not believe that it reflects the improvements made in our organisation.

"Patient safety is our number one priority and we have made great progress in improving standards of safety in our organisation."

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This is Very Alarming NEWS....is this because the CMU was removed from Bridlington??

NHS Trust's Death Rate for Heart Attack Patients 'Above Average' THE trust that runs Bridlington Hospital is one of the country's worst for patient safety, according to an independent report. Scarborough And North East Yorkshire Healthcare NHS Trust scored just 2.06 out of 100 in The Hospital Guide. The document is published by Dr Foster Intelligence, an organisation that monitors healthcare. Its report found the trust's death rate for heart attack patients, as well as those patients admitted with a broken hip, was above the national average. But Simon Jones, director of planning and performance at the trust, said improvements were already taking place. He said: "We know about many of the areas where we were rated weak. We have already started to tackle them and we know we will see a much better picture next year. "Understanding and tackling patient safety is a top priority for this trust and we have identified the main areas where we need to improve, such as setting up patient safety forums and improving our patient coding and recording systems, so we know more about what happens to our patients. "We would like to reassure our patients we are an improving hospital and we are confident that our safety and service is of the highest quality." Hull And East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust, which runs Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital in Cottingham, was among five trusts in the Yorkshire and Humber region "operating on a significantly low number of hip-fracture patients within two days of their admission, as stated in NHS guidelines". Dr Foster said by making patients wait this long, the trust is "jeopardising patients' recovery and wasting hospital bed-days as the patients wait for their operation". The trust has a score of 23.29 out of 100 and was found to have a "significantly high" mortality ratio. Dr David Hepburn, medical director at Hull And East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust, said: "We are surprised at and disappointed with the Dr Foster report, as we do not believe that it reflects the improvements made in our organisation. "Patient safety is our number one priority and we have made great progress in improving standards of safety in our organisation."



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