Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust named as one of the CHKS Top Hospitals 2017
Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has been named as one of the CHKS Top Hospitals 2017, an accolade awarded to the top performing CHKS client trusts.
CHKS is part of Capita Healthcare Decisions and The Top Hospitals award is one of several awards that are part of the CHKS Top Hospitals programme.
As well as national awards for patient safety, quality of care and data quality, CHKS celebrates excellence amongst its clients across the UK. The Top Hospitals award is based on the evaluation of over 22 key performance indicators covering safety, clinical effectiveness, health outcomes, efficiency, patient experience and quality of care. The indicators are revised annually to take into account any newly-available performance information.
Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was shortlisted in two categories; CHKS Quality of Care Award 2017 and CHKS Healthcare Efficiency Award 2017.
Suzanne Rankin, Chief Executive, Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, said: “We are absolutely thrilled to be recognised with this accolade. Everything we do at ASPH is down to the sheer hard work, resolve and dedication of a truly remarkable team, committed to making a difference and ensuring patients who use our services receive the highest standards of care at all times.”
Andy Lockwood, managing director, Capita Healthcare Decisions, said: “These awards recognise outstanding performance in those areas which we believe are critical to delivering good patient care. We are delighted that Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of our Top Hospitals in 2017.”
The CHKS Top Hospitals programme awards were held in London on 10th May hosted by health policy analyst Roy Lilley. Guest speaker was Sir Ranulph Fiennes Bt OBE. Over 200 guests were in attendance including leaders from across the healthcare sector including: BMA, NHS Digital, Royal College of Emergency Medicine, NHS Improvement and acute trusts.
CHKS, part of Capita plc, is a provider of healthcare intelligence and quality improvement products and services. They enable providers and commissioners to make better decisions at patient, service, organisation and population level and deliver sustainable improvements in care quality, patient outcomes and service efficiency along the patient pathway. Over the last 27 years their team of NHS data experts, clinicians and quality managers have worked with more than 400 healthcare organisations to improve population health.