THE TRUST
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IS BUST!
This is from ‘Get Surrey’ – basically Epsom Hospital is rated
higher than next door Ashford and St. Peters. However, Epsom has a £13 million
pound deficit, while Ashford and St. Peter’s has a small surplus. Ashford spent
the last year trying to take over Epsom; it fell through over the deficit.
Ashford/St.Peter’s must be very efficient.
In fact, Epsom now turns out to be better in most ways except
finances – you get what you pay for, but you don’t necessarily get what you
deserve.
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Under-threat hospitals 'best in area', report says
By Amy De-Keyzer
March 15, 2013
A REPORT has hailed Epsom Hospital for providing some of the
highest quality of care in the area despite several departments facing an
uncertain future.
Independent health consultancy MHP Health Mandate's report
assessed NHS trusts across the country and showed Epsom and St Helier, its
sister hospital in Carshalton, were providing the highest quality of care in
south-west London and north Surrey.
It comes as the Better Services Better Value (BSBV) review
panel considers shutting down the A&E and maternity departments at both
hospitals as part of a review of healthcare provision in the area.
The review team has already recommended that two out of five
hospitals - Epsom, St Helier, St George's in Tooting, Kingston and Croydon -
should be downgraded.
The MHP report is based on 10 standards - the number of
formal complaints, whether patients felt they experienced good care, risk of getting
an infection, chance of an operation being cancelled at short notice, the
number of patients who said they got better after treatment, whether a patient
had to share a sleeping area or bathroom with someone of the opposite sex,
operation waiting times, risk of being harmed during treatment, being involved
with decisions about care, and the number of staff at the hospital who would
recommend it to their friends and family.
Data from 2011-12 was used including staff and patient
surveys by health watchdog the Care Quality Commission, information from the
Office for National Statistics and records from the Department of Health.
Epsom & St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust measured
in the top quarter nationally for operation waiting times and for protecting
patients against the risk of harm.
But overall scores placed the trust in 91st place out of a
total of 146 hospitals - the highest position for any hospital in south-west
London and north Surrey.
Chief executive Matthew Hopkins said: "These findings contain
some fantastic results for our hospitals, but we recognise that at 91st in the
country, there are many aspects of our service we need to improve.
"But what the report does do is highlight our
performance in both national and local terms.
"We recognise that there is work to do on a national
scale but we are very pleased that we are also recognised as providing the best
patient care of any trust in south-west London and north Surrey.
"And of course, we are delighted that local people can
now compare the strengths and weaknesses of their local hospital more easily
than before."
In comparison, Ashford and St Peter's hospitals came in 115th
place, Croydon was at 140, Kingston Hospital was 97th, St George's came 141st
and Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust (incorporating East Surrey Hospital
in Redhill) was 124th.
The Royal Surrey County Hospital in Guildford came in 86th
position while Frimley Park Hospital was the fifth best in the country.
The scores showed Epsom and St Helier were performing better
than the three other hospitals being considered for downgrading as part of the
BSBV review. The programme aims to shake-up healthcare provision, in a bid to
improve clinical quality and the care and health of patients, as part of
national NHS reforms.
Neil Harris
(a don’t stop till you drop production)
Contact: neilwithpromisestokeep@gmail.com
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