Hospital trust in good health
Date published: 19 May 2010
John Jesky . . . “award is a tribute to hard work of staff”
THE health trust that runs the Royal Oldham Hospital has been named among the top 40 in the country.
The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust was honoured in the CHKS Top Hospitals Programme for 2010.
The awards are now in their 10th year and are based on the evaluation of 21 key performance indicators covering safety, clinical effectiveness, health outcomes, efficiency, patient experience and quality of care.
The winners were announced at an awards ceremony in London hosted by CHKS, a leading independent provider of healthcare intelligence and quality improvement services.
Trust chairman John Jesky praised staff who have worked hard to retain the nationally-recognised award. The trust was listed in the top 40 for the first time last year.
He said: “I’m delighted that we have again been included in this year’s top 40. It is to the credit of our professional and hard-working staff across all our hospitals that we remain committed to providing high quality patient care.
“The award is a tribute and reflection on all the staff at Pennine Acute Trust who work hard to achieve these high standards. On behalf of the board, I would like to thank them for their efforts.
“While the awards are a useful benchmark for us to continue to improve, the performance data is only as good as the patient experience. We are therefore committed to ensuring our services are safe, reliable, are patient focused and meet the high standards that our patients expect day in, day out.”
CHKS director of research James Coles said: “These awards recognise outstanding performance in 21 areas which we believe are critical to delivering good patient care.”
The trust employs around 10,000 staff at The Royal Oldham Hospital, Fairfield General Hospital in Bury, North Manchester General Hospital, Rochdale Infirmary and services at Birch Hill, also Rochdale.
Last year it spent over half a billion pounds on providing healthcare services, dealing with 306,602 A&E cases, 739,022 outpatients, 82,220 day cases and 128,675 inpatients.
