Poole Hospital Checks Out In Good Health
The quality of services at Poole Hospital was rated ‘good’ in the 06/07 Annual Health Check
The latest national heath ratings have confirmed that Poole Hospital is continuing to provide a good quality of services and has got better at managing its finances.
The Healthcare Commission Annual Health Check scores for 2006 to 2007 give Poole Hospital ratings of ‘good’ for both the quality of services and its use of resources. The quality of services score covers a range of areas including the safety of patients, cleanliness and waiting times, and the use of resources score looks at how well we manage our finances.
In addition, Poole Hospital fully met all the core standards set down for it by the Healthcare Commission, the NHS watchdog. We also met all of the existing national targets in full and were rated as ‘good’ for meeting new national targets.
It is the second year that the Healthcare Commission has published this comprehensive form of performance ratings. Last year it rated Poole Hospital as ‘good’ for the quality of services and ‘fair’ for its use of resources.
Martin Smits, Director of Nursing, said: ‘We are delighted with the progress that has been made at Poole Hospital in the past year and that this has been recognised by the Healthcare Commission. We have maintained the same high quality of services to patients and improved the management of our finances.
‘This improved position is due to the hard work and commitment our staff. It will provide us with a sound basis on which to build a better future for Poole Hospital, as we work towards becoming an NHS Foundation Trust. I hope that it will help to reassure our patients that when they come to Poole they will receive good quality care delivered by friendly, professional staff in a safe and clean environment’.
Date: 18 October 2007