Annual Report and Accounts 2012/13 - Royal Bournemouth Hospital

Quality Report5. Quality Report 2012/131. Statement by the ChiefExecutiveThis is the fifth Quality Report publishedby The Royal Bournemouth andChristchurch Hospitals NHS FoundationTrust to accompany our Annual Report.In this report we have outlined some ofthe quality activities which have takenplace in the Trust over 2012/13.Our quality program has also beenenhanced by wide-ranging patient safetyinitiatives which cover a large range ofspecialties and topics. We continue tobe part of a Foundation Trust PatientSafety Collaborative “NHS QUEST”which combines the shared experiencesand learning from 13 Acute FoundationTrusts across the country to promoteand improve patient safety. This yearNHS QUEST work has concentrated onpatient safety and readmissions; reducingmortality, and improving ‘harm free’ care.There were a number of successfulinspections during the year, the mostimportant of which was a re-inspectionby the Care Quality Commission (CQC)which identified that we met outcomestandards for areas such as consent,care and welfare, safety and estates. Ourmidwifery-led maternity services retainedNHSLA Level 2 and the Trust was ratedthe second best hospital in England onquality in an independent report (the MHPHealth Mandate Quality Index).It is acknowledged that we set ourselvesambitious quality and safety targets for2012/13 and, whilst progress is positive,we did not meet all of our aspirations inall cases. Where this is the case we havehighlighted this in the Quality Reportand identified the actions we will take inthe year ahead to further embed qualityinitiatives and patient safety programmes.The views of our various stakeholdershave been very important to thedevelopment of this report and in thechoice of the priorities for 2013/14.We have chosen to continue with our‘harm free’ care programme for 2013/14supported by a new “releasing timeto lead” programme for ward clinicalleaders. Patient safety and continuingto improve the patient experience willremain a prominent agenda for theBoard of Directors and we welcome theopportunity to work with patients, carers,Foundation Trust members and the publicon a wide range of patient experience andpatient safety initiatives this year.It has not been possible to include allof the quality improvement and patientsafety initiatives that we have been orwill be engaged in within this report.However, we hope that it will fulfill thepurpose it sets out to achieve - to providean accurate account of quality activity inthe Foundation Trust and to demonstrateour clear commitment to qualityimprovement and patient safety.To the best of my knowledge theinformation contained within thisdocument is accurate.Tony SpotswoodChief ExecutiveAnnual Report and Accounts 2012/13 59