Ealing Hospital has received a ‘good’ score for meeting all the requirements in the management of its finances, providing good value for money and consistently meeting financial targets for the past three years.
The Trust scored ‘fair’ for the quality of services category in the Health Check which is carried out by the Healthcare Commission to assess Trusts’ performances during the year.
Julie Lowe, Chief Executive, said: "The Trust is very aware of the need to focus on improving the quality of services. Since the data used for this assessment was collected we have launched our ‘commitment to care’ campaign. This campaign aims to improve our patients’ experience of the hospital. We have also focused on tackling MRSA and we have seen an on-going reduction in the number of cases. We are, however, delighted to receive another good rating for the use of resources.”
Chairman, Ian Green said: “Our achievement in meeting existing and new national targets is down to the skills and commitment of our staff. We know the areas in which we need to improve and would encourage patients to feedback their comments through the National Patients’ survey which will help us to make Ealing Hospital the hospital of choice.”
Existing national targets
Achieved - Maximum wait of 26 weeks for inpatients
Achieved - Maximum wait of 13 weeks for an outpatient appointment
Achieved – Maintain a two-week maximum wait from urgent GP referral to first out-patient appointment for all urgent suspected cancer referrals
Achieved - Ensure a maximum waiting time of one month from diagnosis to treatment for all cancers
Achieved – Two month GP urgent referral to treatment
Achieved - Maximum two week wait for the Rapid access chest pain clinic
Achieved - Ensure all hospital appointments are booked for the convenience of the patient
New national targets
Achieved – Increase the participation of problem drug users in drug treatment programmes by 2008
Achieved – Reduce health inequalities by 2010
Achieved – Halting the rise in obesity among children by 2010
Achieved – Reduce the under-18 conception rate by 2010
Achieved – Substantially reduce mortality rates by 2010 from suicide and undetermined injury
Achieved – Improve health outcomes for people with long term conditions by offering personalised care to vulnerable people most at risk; and reduce emergency bed days by 2008
The Trust did not achieve the full criteria in:
Year-on-year reductions in MRSA levels;
Maintaining the four-hour maximum wait in A&E from arrival to admission, transfer or discharge;
Sustaining improvements in NHS patient experience;
Participation in audits;
Ensuring that by 2008 nobody waits more than 18 weeks from GP referral to hospital treatment;
Reducing mortality rates by 2010 from heart disease and stroke and related diseases.
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Note to Editors:
The performance ratings are part of the Healthcare Commission’s annual Health Check which is the most comprehensive assessment yet of how the NHS in England is doing. It measures how well healthcare organisations are performing by answering the questions that matter to patients and the public. It covers issues such as safety, the outcomes of treatments for patients and the standards of the environment in which care is provided
Each year the Healthcare Commission asks healthcare organisations to declare publicly the extent to which they are meeting the core standards set by the Government. Other groups, including Overview and Scrutiny Committees of local authorities, patient and public involvement forums are asked to give their views on the performance of their local healthcare organisation
The full details of the results of both existing and new targets are available on www.healthcarecommission.org.uk
