University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust has received
excellent and good ratings in the Care Quality Commissions annual
health check (for the year April 2008 to March 2009).
The Care Quality Commissions annual health check is the most
comprehensive assessment of performance undertaken in the NHS,
providing a detailed picture of the state of public healthcare in
England. Every one of the countrys 392 NHS trusts is involved.
Two main elements make up the annual health check - quality of
services and quality of financial management. University
Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust achieved a score of
excellent for quality of financial management and a good rating for
quality of services.
Dr Graham Rich, Chief Executive of University Hospitals Bristol
NHS Foundation Trust, says:
We are pleased to have maintained a good rating for the quality
of services we provided to our patients this year. However, we will
continue to work towards achieving an excellent rating in future
years.
We are delighted to achieve an excellent rating for quality of
financial management, up from a good last year. The Trust continues
to be in a strong financial position which will enable us to
continue to improve the environment for patients and especially to
achieve our ambition of moving clinical services out of the Old BRI
Building.
The quality of services rating uses a range of indicators to
measure performance. The components were separated into three
categories:
¢ Meeting core standards - the score for this category
was almost met.
¢ Existing commitments -" the score for this category was
fully met.
¢ National Priorities - the score for this category
was good.
Core Standards
The Trust achieved an overall almost met score and was compliant
with 43 of the 44 core standard components, which cover areas
including patient safety, patient focus, clinical effectiveness and
cost effectiveness.
Existing commitments
The Trust achieved 8 out of 10 indicators. Those the Trust
achieved included:
¢ Waiting times for rapid access chest pain clinic
¢ Patients waiting longer than 3 months for
revascularisation
¢ Time to reperfusion for patients who have had a heart
attack
¢ Delayed transfers of care
¢ Inpatients waiting longer than the 26 week long
standard
¢ Outpatients waiting longer than the 13 week
standard
¢ Access to GUM clinic
¢ Data quality on ethnic group
National Priorities
The Government's national priorities include goals for the whole
of the NHS, such as reducing health inequalities and improving the
health of the population. UH Bristol achieved a good score and
achieved 9 of the 13 indicators. Those the Trust achieved
included:
¢ Infant health & inequalities: smoking during
pregnancy and breastfeeding initiation
¢ Experience of patients
¢ Incidence of Clostridium difficile infection
¢ Stroke care
¢ 18 Week referral to treatment times
¢ Maternity HES: data quality indicator
¢ All cancers: two week wait
¢ Engagement in clinical audits
¢ NHS staff satisfaction
Use of resources
The Trust has been given a score of excellent for its quality of
financial management and has been assessed as performing strongly
with relatively low financial risk. University Hospitals Bristol
NHS Foundation Trust's score for quality of financial management is
based on an annual financial risk rating awarded by Monitor, the
independent regulatory body for NHS foundation trusts.
