Annual report 2010/11 - East Cheshire NHS Trust

The trust’sperformancePerformance against national standards28Monthlyperformance chartscan be found in thetrust Board paperson our websitewww.eastcheshire.nhs.ukThe trust is measured on its performance against theDepartment of Health NHS Performance Framework whichprovides a dynamic assessment of the performance of NHSproviders that are not yet NHS Foundation Trusts.The assessments are across four key domains oforganisational function; finance, quality of service,operational standards and targets and quality and safety.Performance is assessed quarterly. The trust is categorisedas ‘Performing’ out of the following categories:• Performing• Performance under review• Underperforming.Our performance standards include:• 97.3% of Emergency Department patients treated ordischarged in four hours (target no less than 95%). Thecontinues to be one of the best performing acute trustsnationally with regard to the four hour EmergencyDepartment standard.• Three cases of MRSA (target no more than 4).• 45 cases of Clostridium Difficile (target of no morethan 63).• Median standards: 12.3 weeks for the year (target lessthan 11.1 weeks) admitted referral to treatment and4.3 weeks for the year (target less than 6.6 weeks nonadmitted patients treated in 18 weeks).• 95th Percentile standards: 22.2 weeks for the year(target less than 27.7 weeks) admitted referral totreatment and 17.3 weeks for the year (target less than18.3 weeks) non admitted patients treated in 18 weeks.• 98% urgently referred suspected cancers seen within14 days of referral (target not less than 93%).• 97.3 (target not less than 93%) of patients seen within14 days for referral of breast symptoms.• 99.6% (target not less than 96%) urgently referredsuspected cancers treated within 31 days of diagnosis.• 78.6% of patients receiving Thrombolysis within 60minutes of call . (target not less than 68%).• 4.4% (target less than 3.5%) in delayed transfers of care.• Reduction of pregnant smokers at time of giving birth to13.5% (target no more than 15%).• 94.6% achievement of CT scan within 24 hours ofadmission for Stroke patients (in year target 80%).• 82.6% of stroke patients having 90% of hospital stay ina dedicated stroke ward (target 80%).• 89.2% of cancer patients receiving treatment within62 days of GP referral (target 85%).• 6.1% of cancelled operations not readmitted within28 days (target less than 5%).29