Community Voice Health

Some interesting points from the recent meeting:
 
Trust Performance   
There were no cases of MRSA in May, and C. Diff numbers were well down on what was expected. The 'Dr Foster' statistics tell us that the number of deaths in the hospitals (Northwick Park Hospital, Central Middlesex Hospital and St Marks) are much lower than the national average, by more than 2 standard deviations. That's is very good.

Staffing 
There is some concern about the possible effects of the Government's intended limitations on non-EU staff. The Trust employs a large number of Filipinos, for instance, as well as Africans, Indians and West Indians. There has just been an intensive recruitment campaign, before the Government limitations come into effect. But what will happen in the future?

Infrastructure Improvement Programme   
Following last year's fire there has been a lot of analysis of how things have to be improved, involving the trust and NHS London. There is a high likelihood of financial support, as a loan from DH,  for some of this work, with the hope that it can all be done within 3 years, otherwise it might take 6.

Paul Samet