Annual Review 2009 - Sandwell & West Birmingham Hospitals

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Chapter Four
Finance
End of year position
Infection control
Total MRSA bacteraemia
Total C.Difficle
Out of a total number of
inpatients:
2007/08 target
43
355
80,133
Annual Health check 2007/08
Area
Quality of services
Use of resources
2005/06 Rating
Fair
Weak
2008/09 target
£2.5m surplus
2008/09 target
33 15
301 207
2008/09 actual
£2.547m surplus
2008/09 actual
82,266
2006/07 Rating 2007/08 Rating
Good
Fair
Good
Good
A dramatic fall in infection rates was one of the main features
of the Trust’s performance figures for 2008/9.
The main performance figures were:
80,133
Infection Control
(Data is for 12 months)
C Diff – 207 cases compared with 355 cases for entire year
2007/08.
MRSA – 15 cases compared with 43 cases for entire year
2007/08.
(Data is for 12 months)
A&E 4 hour waiting times
Despite winter pressures which caused problems across the
NHS this year, with more people needing to be admitted to
hospital, the Trust hit its target for at least 98% of patients
spending four hours or less in Accident & Emergency from
arrival to admission, transfer or discharge.
98.14% of patients spent 4 hours or less from arrival to
admission, transfer or discharge.
Cancer waiting times
(Data is for the first 10 months of the year)
99.3% of patients were seen by a specialist within two weeks
when urgently referred by their GP.
100% of patients commenced treatment within a month of
diagnosis of cancer.
99% of patients commenced treatment within two months of
urgent referral.
Cancelled operations
(Data is for the first 11 months of the
year)
1% of elective operations were cancelled
by the hospital on the day of admission for
non-clinical reasons. All of these patients
were offered another binding date within
28 days of cancellation.
GU Medicine waiting times
(Data is for the first 11 months of the
year)
98.1% of patients were offered an
appointment within 48 hours of contacting
the Genito Urinary Medicine Service.
80.6% of patients were seen within 48
hours of contacting the Genito Urinary
Medicine Service.
Inpatient waiting times
(Based upon end of February waiting list
report)
Less than 5% patients were waiting more
than 10 weeks for hospital admission.
None were waiting more than 17 weeks.
Outpatient waiting times
(Based upon end of February waiting list
report)
95% of patients were waiting less
than 8 weeks for an initial outpatient
appointment from referral.
18 weeks referral to treatment time
(Data is for the first 11 months of the
year)
93.4% of patients needing admission were
treated within 18 weeks of referral
96.3% of patients not needing admission
were treated within 18 weeks of referral
Patient attendances
During 2008/09 we had:
50,668 Day cases
13,089 Elective (planned)
inpatients
69,177 Emergency inpatients
153,774 New outpatient
appointments
374,833 Review outpatient
appointments
228,603 A&E attendances
22,830 Rehabilitation occupied
bed days
8,806 Neonatal occupied bed
days
6,100 Births
176,318 Referrals