CHKS : CHKS Top Hospitals 2008 Debate

CHKS Top Hospitals 2008 Debate

An invigorating and exciting change to this year's event was the world-class CHKS Debate. Chaired by Niall Dickson, King's Fund Chief Executive, leading policy-makers, academics and front-line healthcare executives debated the motion:

"This house believes that a state-run healthcare system can no longer meet the needs of the population and that greater competition will improve the quality of care and thus secure its future".

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CHKS to sponsor HSJ Acute Organisation of the Year Award 2008

CHKS Group, the UK's leading independent provider of healthcare intelligence and quality improvement services, is to sponsor the Acute Organisation of the Year category at the prestigious HSJ Awards 2008. The award recognises excellent performance in the delivery of high quality, patient-centred care within the acute sector. Last year the award attracted entries from across the spectrum of acute healthcare providers and was won by South Tees Hospital Trust.

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New UK hospital awards recognise
outstanding achievement in patient safety,
quality of care and data quality

The winners of three new UK-wide awards - recognising outstanding achievement in the areas of patient safety, quality of care and data quality - have been announced by CHKS. CHKS used detailed analysis of publicly-available data to assess all UK hospitals. The award winners, named at today's ceremony in London were:

Patient Safety Award, Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust
Quality of Care Award, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Data quality (England), East Kent Hospitals NHS Trust
Data quality (Scotland), NHS Tayside
Data quality (Wales), Cardiff and Vale NHS Trust
Data quality (Northern Ireland), Belfast Health & Social Care Trust

In addition, CHKS Group made awards to 40 Top hospital trusts from its client base (covering over 75% of acute trust activity across the UK) based on the evaluation of 20 key performance indicators covering clinical effectiveness, health outcomes, efficiency, patient experience and quality of care. Burton Hospitals NHS Trust was named the Most Improved Trust in the CHKS 40 Top 2008. It also named Sygehus S�nderjylland, Denmark as the Quality Improvement Award winner for making significant improvements to patient care and patient experience as well as staff welfare, safety and morale.

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Northern Ireland sees dramatic reduction in asthma-related hospital admissions

A five-year analysis of hospital admissions has revealed a dramatic reduction in emergency asthma admissions in Northern Ireland by over 30 per cent, highlighting the impact of specialist community teams working in partnership with hospitals.

CHKS Researchers found a downward trend in admissions in England, Wales and Northern Ireland over the last two years and a 31 per cent drop in asthma-related hospital admissions in Northern Ireland over the last five years.

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Wales achieves similar reduction in waiting times to England - without major investment

Analysis of waiting times has revealed that Wales has achieved a similar reduction in waiting times to England - without major investment, or by creating plurality of providers in the marketplace.

Researchers from CHKS looked at median waiting times (from decision to admit to date of procedure, excluding suspensions/deferrals involved in the official targets) over the last five years for four procedures and found that waiting times for both countries have fallen at a similar rate.

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Women feel less healthy than men with age, according to latest PROMS analysis

Analysis of patient questionnaires at four hospital trusts by CHKS has found that women treated in hospital report feeling significantly less healthy than men as they get older. The findings are based on an analysis of patient reported outcome measures (PROMS). PROMS attempt to find out whether a patient feels any better after treatment by comparing their perceived state of health before a procedure with afterwards.

CHKS has been working for over a year with a number of hospitals to build a single database based on this measure. From April 2009, all NHS hospital trusts will be required by the standard hospital trust contract to collect PROMs, both specific and non-specific outcome measures for: Primary Unilateral Hip Replacement; Primary Unilateral Knee Replacement; Groin Hernia Repair and Varicose Vein Procedures.

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CHKS partnership with NHS Elect gives trusts discounted access to latest commissioning tools

NHS Elect members are now able to get a 10 per cent discount on Market Share from CHKS, the UK's leading provider of healthcare intelligence and quality improvement services, thanks to a new partnership between the two.

The CHKS Market Share tool allows trusts to analyse their activity down to GP practice level which is invaluable in targeting marketing communications. It has been described by Burton NHS Trust Chief Executive, Paula Clark, as instrumental in revealing how the trust has performed against others in the marketplace.

NHS Elect.
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