Areas where the Trust continues to invest a lot of energy include:

  • MRSA bacteraemias
  • C. difficile in the over 65 age group
  • cancelled operations 
  • delayed transfer of care
  • waiting time for diagnostic tests 
  • emergency re-admissions

Cancelled operations - extra theatre capacity and increasing the number of sessions gradually through the autumn/winter

Delayed transfers – the Trust continues to liaise with the PCT and Social Services about the number of delayed transfers and providing more facilities to reduce them.

Diagnostic tests –  the 13 week waiting time is now on target for audiology, and focus will be to meet the 6 week milestone by end March 2008.

Emergency re-admission rates – work remains ongoing with the PCT to improve the community care available to patients who regularly attend and are admitted.

Day Surgery rates – day of surgery admission and day case rates continue to improve.

Last updated: 11 December, 2007
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