Friday, September 12, 2014

Stroke care at Galloway Community Hospital outperforming national standards - Scotland

This is actually f*cking appalling that the national standards are that low that meaningless stuff is measured. You want to measure;
1.  tPA full recovery percent,
2.  30 day death rates,
3.  accurate diagnosis of stroke events,
4.  100% recovery.
None of this namby-pamby crap.
And unless YOU call them on the carpet, they will continue down this failed path.
http://www.gallowaygazette.co.uk/news/local-headlines/stroke-care-at-galloway-community-hospital-outperforming-national-standards-1-3538991
The Stranraer hospital has admitted 100 per cent of patients with a stroke to a stroke unit within one day of admission. (SO WHAT?)
These excellent statistics have recently been published by the Stroke Association. The GCH also ranks 12th out of 32 hospitals in meeting stroke care performance standards.
A spokesperson for the organisation said: “This is very good given the positive outcomes that being in a stroke unit can bring. The hospital has also done well with the other standards apart from the time to treat eligible patients with aspirin which is sitting at 79 per cent versus 100 per cent. It is hoped there will be continuous improvement in meeting or outperforming the standards in the future.
“The Scottish Stroke Care Audit Report looks at the quality of stroke care against a set of standards. These standards are mainly around getting diagnosed and treated in the right place, by the right people and at the right time. (Notice that they don't talk about results)

More at link.

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