Hillingdon Hospital Update, June 2010

Written by Joan Davis

Friday, 02 July 2010 15:21

Finance

The Trust is doing well, achieving the highest possible rating from NHS London for its financial management along with a rating of “Green” for its governance.

The low number of working days in April and May led to a deficit of £658k, but this was £88k better than expected, despite inpatient activity rising by 10% and outpatient activity by 28%, whilst income rose by only 1.6% as a result of the new prices cap - last year this activity would have led to 7.6% more income.

Stroke Unit

Hillingdon Hospital’s Stroke Service has achieved Gold Standard for its TIA (trans ischaemic attack) service – the first Trust to achieve a Gold. The Stroke Network was so impressed with the Hillingdon service that it intends to use Hillingdon as an example in its Stroke Improvement Programme. However, the Stroke Unit’s expansion has achieved only half the expected income increase.

Care Quality Commission’s Inpatient Survey 2009

Overall the 2009 results showed an improving picture but it still has a long way to go. The care and treatment section showed four shifts from the lowest 20% in the country last year to the intermediate (60% zone) in 2009. The Trust is working hard to improve again next year.

Emergency Care

The Trust is in the upper quartile of all England Trusts, which has given the A&E Department an enormous boost.

Fractured neck of femur

A project group is being set up to achieve the new criteria - patients to theatre within 36 hours from time of arrival in an emergency department, with patients under the joint care of a consultant geriatrician and a consultant orthopaedic surgeon with, later, a multi-professional rehabilitation team.

Deaths in the Trust

Although the standard mortality rate rose in January (SMR 82.4 versus England average 100) the level of deaths and SMR were not as high as last year and they fell again in February and March. The number of deaths in April 2010 was the lowest since The Trust first recorded this data.

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