Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has won the CHKS Top Hospitals programme Quality of Care Award 2013. The CHKS Top Hospitals awardscelebrate the success of healthcare providers across the UK and are given to acute organisations for their achievements in healthcare quality and improvement.
CHKS has used over 20 years of experience in the analysis of hospital data to set the indicators on which each of the Top Hospitals programme awards are judged.Awards are made on the basis of an analysis of publicly available datasets and every NHS acute trust is included.
The quality of care award isgiven for excellence in high quality care to patients, appropriate to their diagnosis. It is based on a number of criteria including the length of time patients stay in hospital, the rate of emergency re-admissions and whether the care pathway proceeded as it was originally intended.
Jason Harries, managing director, CHKS said: “Every hospital is accountable to its patients, their families and carers as well as the local community to provide a safe environment. Our quality of care award highlights those trusts that clearly share a commitment to driving improvement and engendering a culture of excellence throughout their organisation and it is a credit to the staff at Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust that it has won this award.”
The CHKS Top Hospitals programme awards took place at theMiddle Temple HallLondon on 30thApril 2013 attended by over 200 guests includingleaders from across the healthcare sector, from the Department of Health, Royal Colleges, and acute trusts.
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