PRESS RELEASE
14th May 2014
For immediate release
Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust wins
the CHKS patient safety award
Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has won the CHKS Top
Hospitals programme patient safety award 2014. The CHKS Top Hospitals awards
celebrate the success of healthcare providers across the UK and are awarded to
acute organisations for their achievements in healthcare quality and improvement.
CHKS used its 25 years of experience in the analysis of hospital data to decide 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 patient safety award recognises outstanding performance in providing a safe
hospital environment for patients and is based on a range of indicators, including
rates of hospital-acquired infections and mortality.
Jason Harries, managing director, CHKS said: “This year we celebrate our 25th
anniversary so it is a fitting occasion to reward excellence in the NHS. Our patient
safety award highlights those trusts that clearly share a commitment to driving
improvement and engendering a culture of excellence throughout their organisations
and it is a credit to the staff at Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
that it has won this award.”
The CHKS Top Hospitals programme awards were held in London on 13th May and
were attended by over 200 guests including leaders from across the healthcare
sector including: NHS England, Monitor, the Trust Development Authority and acute
trusts.
Notes to editors:
CHKS Ltd, part of Capita plc, is a provider of healthcare intelligence and quality improvement
services to the NHS and independent healthcare sector. With 25 years’ experience and
having worked with over 400 clients, CHKS has a portfolio of information products,
internationally-recognised accreditation programmes and consultancy services which provide
clinicians and managers with the information needed to drive improvements inpatient care,
financial efficiency, clinical effectiveness and quality. The shortlisted organisations were:
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Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
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Northern Health and Social Care Trust (Northern Ireland)
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Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
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South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust (Northern Ireland)
The CHKS patient safety award is a national award for outstanding performance in providing
a safe hospital environment for patients. It is based on over 20 criteria, including rates of
hospital-acquired infections and mortality. The indicators for 2014 include:

Emergency readmission within 28 days of discharge following hip fracture (65
years and over)
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Summary Hospital-level Mortality Index (SHMI)
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Risk adjusted mortality index (RAMI)
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Readmission rate within seven days of delivery
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Infection rate following caesarean section
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Rate of deaths in hospital within 30 days of non-elective surgery

Rate of deaths in hospital within 30 days of elective surgery
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Rates of deaths in hospital within 30 days of emergency admission for hip fractures
(fractured neck of femur: 65 years and over)
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Rate of deaths in hospital within 30 days of emergency admission with a heart
attack (Myocardial infarction: aged 35 to 74)
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Rate of deaths in hospital within 30 days of emergency admission for a stroke
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Rate of deaths in low mortality HRGs (HRG3.5)
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Rate of decubitus ulcer (for patients with length of stay over four days)
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Post-operative wound infection
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Complications of anaesthesia
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Foreign body left in during procedure
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Post-operative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis
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Post-operative sepsis
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Rate of accidental puncture or laceration during surgery
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Birth trauma - injury to neonate
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