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Hospital League Tables...

Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
So these have been published today (even though some of us knew the results yesterday) and they claim to show how the NHS is improving.

For those who don't know, each hospital is assessed against a serioes of criteria (some clinical, some management) and the end result is a star rating, 3 stars for the "best" and none for the "worst". This year there are more three star hospitals and fewer with none.

But does this league table business offer any value to patients?

and is it right that they 3 star hospitals get more money whereas those deemed to be "Failing" don't?

Obviously I have an opinion on them, but I'm interested in what others think.

Comments

  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I find the whole star rating thing very unfair. I did work experience in a 'zero star' hospital and a 'two star' hospital. The staff at both hospitals work their arses off and never did I see the care of the patients being compromised, but this isn't what the star rating is about. :rolleyes:

    I think it is unfair that the zero stars are told they have to get their act together or the leadership of the trust are put into franchise. This should not be a case of a 'bad' child being punished and the good child getting sweets. Because the hospitals in trouble are only going to get worse and put under more scrutiny.

    The government have to stop being so preoccupied with constant target setting.
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I don't know... it some cases it might actually work for those hospitals with lower ratings. I would imagine some of the biggest problems experienced are overcrowding/ lack of beds / longest times waiting at A & E. I would also imagine that if a hospital has been given a 0 star rating and another one in the vicinity has a 2 or 3 star rating, more people would end up in the better rated hospital, thus alleviating the overcrowding problems and long waiting times in the lower rated hospital.
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Our hopsital got two stars which means its apparently improved, however whilst flicking through the report today it gave us a 4 out of 5 for cleanliness, which is bollocks, our hospital is filthy and so on that alone I feel its somewhat de-valued
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Maybe your hospital is very clean compared with the others... :(;)
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Originally posted by Aladdin
    I don't know... it some cases it might actually work for those hospitals with lower ratings. I would imagine some of the biggest problems experienced are overcrowding/ lack of beds / longest times waiting at A & E. I would also imagine that if a hospital has been given a 0 star rating and another one in the vicinity has a 2 or 3 star rating, more people would end up in the better rated hospital, thus alleviating the overcrowding problems and long waiting times in the lower rated hospital.

    Would that it were that straight forward. In many areas of the country, the nearest alternative in 60-odd miles away and when you consider that in an emergency you have no option where you go, these tables offer little.

    There is also an issue relating to specialists, again they don't wok at every hospital...

    When we look at the results, overcrowding isn't a major contributing factor in poor performance - activity levels are fairly stable (if not rising) across the board. In fact our service agreement (yearly contracts) require us to increase out patient throughput year on year...
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