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NHS medical director Professor Sir Bruce Keogh has been examining 14 health trusts ? including Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Colchester General and Essex County hospitals.
In a report due out tomorrow he is expected to describe poor care, medical errors and management blunders, suggesting that the Stafford hospital scandal was not a one-off. Sir Bruce has been examining 14 hospital trusts that have mortality indexes above what they would expect to see. The trusts in question are braced for tough criticism over thousands of needless deaths.
But bosses at Colchester said last night that it was already taking action to work on its Summary Hospital-level Mortality Indicator (SHMI), one of several ways the NHS measures death rates.
http://www.eadt.co.uk/news/colchest...s_record_after_excess_deaths_report_1_2277843
In a report due out tomorrow he is expected to describe poor care, medical errors and management blunders, suggesting that the Stafford hospital scandal was not a one-off. Sir Bruce has been examining 14 hospital trusts that have mortality indexes above what they would expect to see. The trusts in question are braced for tough criticism over thousands of needless deaths.
But bosses at Colchester said last night that it was already taking action to work on its Summary Hospital-level Mortality Indicator (SHMI), one of several ways the NHS measures death rates.
http://www.eadt.co.uk/news/colchest...s_record_after_excess_deaths_report_1_2277843
