Patient outcomes and safer staffing
Here you’ll find information on patient outcomes and safer staffing
Patient outcomes
Everyone Counts – Improving Outcomes for Patients
Our consultant data is now published via this link www.nhs.uk/consultantdata
Our purpose is to provide a high quality service to patients and we are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex conditions. The Trust has an excellent reputation with patients and professionals for care and clinical excellence.
Safer staffing
On this page, on a monthly basis, you will be able to find staffing data for individual wards as well as a trust wide staffing data report.
This is being published as part of a national initiative from the governments ‘hard truths’ response to the Francis report. It means that if you are a member of staff, patient or relative, you will be able to examine the staffing history of a ward.
The data will show what the average nurse, midwife and care staffing level was over a month, starting in May 2014, compared with the planned level (this is the level agreed by the board, based on what evidence shows is the typical staffing level requirements for each ward.)
The trust would expect the actual level to be close to the planned level. However if a ward is below 100%, it doesn’t necessarily mean it is understaffed or unsafe. Likewise, if a ward is above the planned level, it doesn’t necessarily mean a ward is overstaffed due to the context and nuances of the data, for example, nurses, midwives and care staff working as part of a wider multidisciplinary ward team, the demands on wards changing quickly and the nature of each ward varying.
We are working towards providing web accessible versions of our safer staffing reports. We expect to add these in the coming months, but please do contact us directly via our Patient Advice and help centre if you require any specific information more immediately.
