WESTON AREA HEALTH NHS TRUST WINS PRESTIGIOUS CHKS TOP HOSPITALS AWARD

Weston Area Health NHS Trust (WAHT) is one of the CHKS Top Hospitals for 2019, a prestigious award based on an analysis of data from all hospital trusts in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

The Top Hospitals awards are data driven and take into consideration all trusts in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The winners are decided by an analysis of over 20 performance indicators carried out by healthcare improvement specialists CHKS.

The data is regularly submitted by hospitals to NHS Digital to help track performance in a number of areas, including quality of care and patient safety. The performance indicators cover: safety, clinical effectiveness, health outcomes, efficiency, patient experience and quality of care. The indicators are revised annually to take into account any newly available performance information.

The Top Hospitals award is one of several awards that make up the CHKS Top Hospitals programme, including national awards for patient safety, quality of care and data quality.

WAHT chief executive, James Rimmer, who attend the awards ceremony, said: “This is wonderful news, for both staff and patients. We hear so many kind words from grateful patients and always try to share these with staff so they understand the positive impact they have on the lives of our patients and their families. Receiving this award publicly recognises the high-quality, safe and effective care delivered here at Weston every day.”

Moyra Amess, Director, Benchmarking, Assurance and Accreditation, Capita Healthcare Decisions, said: “The Top Hospital award recognises outstanding performance in those areas which we believe are critical to delivering good patient care. We are delighted that WAHT is one of our Top Hospitals 2019.”

The CHKS Top Hospitals programme awards were held in London on 12 June and hosted by ITV News Medical Correspondent Sue Saville.

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Notes to editors:

1. CHKS, part of Capita plc, is a provider of healthcare intelligence and quality improvement products and services. We enable providers and commissioners to make better decisions at patient, service, organisation and population level and deliver sustainable improvements in care quality, patient outcomes and service efficiency along the patient pathway. We know health. Over the last 28 years our team of NHS data experts, clinicians and quality managers have worked with more than 400 healthcare organisations to improve population health.

2. The Top Hospital indicators for 2019 were:

▪ Reported C-difficile rate for patients aged 2 and over

▪ Day case rate (relative weighted performance across BADS directory)

▪ Day case conversion to inpatient rate (vs national rates, case mix adj per BADS)

▪ Inpatient survey ('overall view of inpatient services' question)

▪ Risk Adjusted Readmission Index (RARI)

▪ Percentage of outpatient first appointments not attended (TF adjusted)

▪ Emergency readmission within 28 days of discharge following hip fracture (65+)

▪ Percentage of elective admissions where planned procedure not carried out (not patient

  decision)

▪ Risk Adjusted Length of Stay (RALI)

▪ Risk Adjusted Mortality Index (RAMI)

▪ Reference Cost Index (RCI)

▪ Summary Hospital-level Mortality Index (SHMI)

▪ Staff survey (overall engagement score)

▪ Rate of emergency readmission to hospital following AMI within 28 days

▪ Rate of emergency readmission to hospital within 14 days - COPD

▪ Percentage of elective inpatients admitted on day of procedure

▪ Patient misadventure rate (ICD-based)

▪ Percentage of patients >65 with fractured neck of femur with pre-op LoS<=2

▪ Unnecessary admissions via A&E (zero LoS as % emergency)

▪ Percentage of uncoded spells

▪ Depth of coding (not case mix adjusted)

▪ Percentage of coded episodes with signs and symptoms as a primary diagnosis (episode 2)

3. The CHKS Top Hospitals 2019 are:

4. To follow the awards on Twitter use the hashtag: #CHKSTH19