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Worcester Acute Hospitals improve their mortality figures

102 93 -13
Mortality index (3yr) -
based on data from April 1999 - March 2002.		 Mortality index (1yr) -
based on data from April 2001 - April 2002.		 Year change - improvement (shown with a negative score) or decline in mortality rates between 2001 and 2002.

To put these numbers [Mortality Index figures] into context; 
Low = below 90 - Average = 90 / 110 - & High = above 110

The 10 English Trusts with the biggest fall in mortality rates 2001-02

Ranking Order Trust Mortality Index - 2002 Difference to 2001
6 Worcester Acute Hospitals 94.1 -12.8

These figures put 'Worcester Acute Hospitals' as Number 6 in the 10 most improved English Hospitals group.

But to show how we compare with other regions;

NHS region Average Mortality index Ranking order
Eastern 102 6th
London 96 1st
North-West 103 7th
North & Yorkshire 97 2nd
South-East 100 4th
South-West 98 3rd
Trent 101 5th
West Midlands 106 8th

Source: Dr Foster's reading of the unrounded data from the Department of Health

And here are some of the figures relating to other neighbouring areas within the West Midlands

The 15 English Trusts with the highest mortality rates

Ranking Order Trust 3 Yr Mortality Index Possibility of being in 'top 10'
1 Walsall Hospitals 126 100%
6 Sandwell Healthcare 118.2 100%

English NHS trusts with the highest ratio of doctors to hospital beds

Ranking Order Trust Doctors per 100 beds
13 University Hospital Birmingham 58.8

English NHS trusts with the worst record for seeing urgent urological cancer referrals

Ranking Order Trust % seen within 2 weeks
5 Princess Royal - Telford 69
6 University Hospital - Birmingham 70
7 Mid-Staffordshire General 71
9 Dudley Group 77
10 Hereford Hospitals 79
11 Walsall Hosiptals 81

Longest outpatient waiting times

Ranking Order Trust % seen in 13 weeks
1 Princess Royal - Telford 58

Shortest outpatient waiting times

Ranking Order Trust % seen in 13 weeks
13 Good Hope, Sutton Coldfield 86
16 University Hospital - Birmingham 85
19 Birmingham Heartlands & Solihull 85
20 Dudley Group 85

Source: Department of Health, rankings based on unrounded data

[Please remember that circumstances such as teaching hospital status and even experience and skill-levels (i.e. excellent reputation leading to referral of severe cases) can distort the appearance of these numbers, statistics (damned lies).. Ed]


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