It is the place where you expect the highest possible care. But a damning report just revealed some of NHS hospitals have significantly high death rates. It specifically named Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust and University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, claiming both have high death rate shares and high mortality rates among the patients who've just have surgery.
"We welcomed the report because it's obviously. It's another arm for patients to use and their decisions about health care. It's, it obviously, it shows the hospitals that have been performing well over the past year. But it also highlights the hospitals that have not improved over the last year. And this is of the real concern to us, the Patients Association.
The report by Dr Foster Hospital Guide found 62800 adverse medical cases were reported in English hospitals from April 2009 to March this year. There are injuries or illnesses that patients gain once in the hospital, like a punctured lung or serious blood clot.
It's claimed 19 hospitals how significantly high death rate shares and four trusts have significant high death rates after surgery. It also says there's widespread underreporting of cases. But overall mortality rates are down.
I think it's important to patients who read this report don’t panick.It seemed that the quality care awful lower. They get uneasy at that. And in fact, some of the survey data that we get from patents, the average get some improve rating is up to 98%, which is astonishingly good."Small wondered then, the trusts refusing its latest report, calling the figure inaccurate. But Health Secretary Andrew Langley says the guide highlights high levels about adverse medical events. The widespread underreporting of incidents and too many hospitals with death rates higher than one would expect, adding a new culture of openness and transparency will transform patient care. That’s been welcomed by the report's author who says hospital don't necessarily giving poor care But believes trusts should investigate. |