24 June 2014
Patient safety indicators have been added to the data available about hospital performance on the NHS Choices website.
Indicators included are:
- Infection control and cleanliness ( C. difficile and MRSA infections and patients’ views on the cleanliness of wards. )
- CQC national standards (CQC’s assessment )
- Recommended by staff (Staff survey score for satisfaction with standard of care if a friend or relative needed treatment.)
- Safe Staffing (overall average percentage of planned day and night hours for registered and non-registered nurses and midwifes in hospitals which are filled.)
- Patients assessed for blood clots (percentage of adults admitted to hospital that were assessed for risk of blood clots, all hospitals should assess at least 90% of patients)
- NHS England patient safety notices (response to patient safety alerts issued by the National Patient Safety Agency)
- Open and honest reporting (combination fo several indicators to give an overall picture of whether the hospital has a good patient safety incident reporting culture.)
