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![]() What the tables mean
Figures for deaths following surgery are included
Six main clinical indicators apply to hospitals and 41 others assess the performance of health authorities.
The six indicators for hospitals show:
Not all the data is totally reliable - 17% of them were unusable. Interpreting the figures Headline figures fail to account for significant factors such as how ill a patient is when admitted. This can lead to absurdities. For example, one cancer hospital performs no operations, but does insert catheters into terminally ill patients to relieve suffering. This counts as surgery, so the hospital has one of the worst death rates following surgery - even though its patients will die anyway. Comparisons can only be made between similar types of hospital in similar locations. But even considering such factors when analysing the figures may not be enough - some trusts have already dismissed this year's figures as unreliable. However, the Department of Health hopes the quality will improve over the years. |
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