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| The NHS investigation into hospitals with high death rates has been widened to include nine others, amid fears that poor care was to blame. | The NHS investigation into hospitals with high death rates has been widened to include nine others, amid fears that poor care was to blame. |
| The move brings to 14 the number of hospitals where mortality data will be investigated by a team led by Sir Bruce Keogh, the NHS's medical director. Keogh said the investigation would be a "thorough and rigorous process". | The move brings to 14 the number of hospitals where mortality data will be investigated by a team led by Sir Bruce Keogh, the NHS's medical director. Keogh said the investigation would be a "thorough and rigorous process". |
| Each of the five hospitals announced last week as the initial focus of Keogh's inquiry had unusually high death rates between 2010 and 2012, according to summary hospital-level mortality data, one of the accepted ways of measuring hospitals' performance. The data suggested the five hospitals had up to 3,000 more deaths than would usually be expected over those two years. | Each of the five hospitals announced last week as the initial focus of Keogh's inquiry had unusually high death rates between 2010 and 2012, according to summary hospital-level mortality data, one of the accepted ways of measuring hospitals' performance. The data suggested the five hospitals had up to 3,000 more deaths than would usually be expected over those two years. |
| Keogh said: "These hospitals are already working closely with a range of regulators. If there were concerns that services were unsafe the regulators should have intervened. The purpose of my investigation is to assure patients, public and parliament that these hospitals understand why they have a high mortality and have all the support they need to improve. This will be a thorough and rigorous process, involving patients, clinicians, regulators and local organisations." | Keogh said: "These hospitals are already working closely with a range of regulators. If there were concerns that services were unsafe the regulators should have intervened. The purpose of my investigation is to assure patients, public and parliament that these hospitals understand why they have a high mortality and have all the support they need to improve. This will be a thorough and rigorous process, involving patients, clinicians, regulators and local organisations." |
| It is not yet clear how many extra deaths occurred at the additional nine hospitals under investigation. They were chosen because they had high death rates for the same two-year period, according to hospital standardised mortality ratio data. | It is not yet clear how many extra deaths occurred at the additional nine hospitals under investigation. They were chosen because they had high death rates for the same two-year period, according to hospital standardised mortality ratio data. |
| They are: North Cumbria University Hospitals NHS trust; United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS trust; George Eliot Hospital NHS trust; Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS trust; Northern Lincolnshire and Goole Hospitals NHS foundation trust; the Dudley Group NHS foundation trust; Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS foundation trust; Medway NHS foundation trust; and Burton Hospitals NHS foundation trust. | They are: North Cumbria University Hospitals NHS trust; United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS trust; George Eliot Hospital NHS trust; Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS trust; Northern Lincolnshire and Goole Hospitals NHS foundation trust; the Dudley Group NHS foundation trust; Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS foundation trust; Medway NHS foundation trust; and Burton Hospitals NHS foundation trust. |
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