WARRINGTON and Halton General hospitals have been ranked among the safest NHS hospitals by the Care Quality Commission.
The Commission (CQC) has published its full risk profiles and bandings of all NHS Trusts – and placed Warrington and Halton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in a category just below the very best.
There are six categories – with Band 1 having the highest risk and Band 6 the lowest.
Warrington and Halton have been ranked in Band 5.
The CQC – the independent regulator of health services – has ranked the Trusts using a new system known as Intelligent Monitoring.
It is based on 150 indicators that look at a range of information including patient experience, staff experience and statistical measures of performance including detailed mortality rates, waiting time and access information, patient feedback and actual CQC inspection results.
Mel Pickup, chief executive at Warrington and Halton Hospitals, said:
“Publishing these risk monitoring reports is a really important step in ensuring patients can access the information that they need on their local hospitals.
“Whilst these are not to be seen as formal league tables, they do give an indication of the overall performance, quality and safety at a trust and we are in a good position. Our staff continually work to build a culture of high quality, safe healthcare here at the hospitals.
“It pulls together information from every available credited source to give an informed view and raise any questions necessary on the quality and safety of each hospital’s service. It helps the CQC to know where to focus their new, stringent inspections.
“Whilst there are always ways we can further improve our services, we can be proud of our achievements. This detailed analysis shows we moving in the right direction in ensuring that we provide our patients with a service that they can trust.”
The CQC have made all of the information from across the NHS available publically for the first time. As well as informing their inspection regime, it also allows trusts to use the information to help improve performance in the future.
A list of which trust is in which banding and full reports can be found at www.cqc.org.uk/public/hospital-intelligent-monitoring
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