Patients who have used the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust in Nuneaton are sure to be interested in the 2011 Dr Foster Hospital Guide results, which show that the trust is not performing as well as is to be expected in some key areas.
Nuneaton hospital – performance levels are slipping
The Nuneaton hospital appears to be falling behind the expected performance levels in comparison to many other trusts, particularly with regards to the important SHMI and HSMR indicators, for which it produced higher than expected levels of mortality. We suspect, that as a result, sadly there will be more claims for medical negligence compensation in Nuneaton.
The George Eliot Hospital achieved within the expected range of mortality for the other two indicators that are measured in the guide – deaths after surgery and deaths in low risk conditions. However, it is sure to be the other two indicators that grab the attention of Nuneaton patients.
HSMR is an indicator that measures 56 conditions, which are together the cause of 80% of deaths in hospital. For this indicator, the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust had a result of 117, which falls into the higher than expected range. The SHMI is a measure of deaths following treatment in hospital, for which the hospital in question got a score of 121 – significantly higher than many of the other hospitals and trusts that were measured in the guide.
The information provides a useful insight into the care offered by various hospitals, and so patients are sure to want to know what the George Eliot Hospital is doing to make sure it doesn’t continue to have higher than expected levels of mortality.
How we can help you
We are specialists in medical negligence – our team includes accredited members of both the highly procedure Law Society’s Clinical Negligence Panel and the solicitors panel run by nationwide independent patient safety charity, the Association against Medical Accidents (AvMA). Only around 180 solicitors, of 120,000 nationwide, are accredited in this way.
Victim of Medical Negligence in Nuneaton? Get in touch today
If you want to know how to claim compensation for medical negligence in Nuneaton, email us today contact us on for FREE phone advice, a FREE first appointment and representation under a no win no fee agreement so you don’t need to worry about paying your legal costs.
- Call us today on 0800 1404544, or
- Fill out the contact form below to get in touch.
