| Written by Head of Quality and Integrated Governance |
We are proud of our first Quality Account for Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals (ASPH), for 2009/10.
This publication describes just how seriously we consider quality and safety in our two hospitals and how we work to make improvements. Our Quality Account sets out our priorities for further investment and details how we have performed against some crucial quality measures over the last year, which should give significant assurance to our users.
Quality remains our top priority and we are determined it will continue to do so. Our patient focussed Trust Board has enhanced its links with front line staff and this investment has shown demonstrable improvements for the patients.
For example:
- One of the lowest mortality rates in country
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- Reduced hospital acquired infections such as MRSA and Clostridium Difficile
- Developed a Quality Dashboard which has strengthened our quality monitoring across a range of measures which are benchmarked locally and nationally.
At ASPH the Trust Board has the Quality Report as its first agenda item allowing discussion and debate. Quality will continue to come first and meetings will be published on our website.
ASPH is ambitious and in order to deliver these priorities we need a highly skilled and motivated workforce that take pride in their work and feel part of our Hospitals and our Community. As a Board, in conjunction with our staff, we have developed a new set of values, which we will support with behaviours.
- Patients First
- Personal responsibility
- Passion for excellence
- Pride in our team
Overall 2009/10 has been our strongest year in terms of performance since the two hospitals were merged. We now need to build on this positive year. One of our key challenges for 2010/11 will be to improve the way we engage our members and patients in developing this annual Quality Account, and in helping us set our priorities for further improvement.
Andrew Liles
Chief Executive
The information in this Quality Account is provided from our data management systems and our Quality improvement systems, and provided to the Board, and to the best of my knowledge is accurate, and provides a true reflection of our organization.
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| Last Updated ( Wednesday, 07 July 2010 10:36 ) |
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