Thursday 10 November 2016

Plan launched to standardise mortality review in hospitals

Plan launched to standardise mortality review in hospitals A new programme has been launched to standardised the way hospitals review adult deaths.

The Royal College of Physicians’ National Mortality Case Record Review Programme will focus on investigating adult deaths in hospitals to understand where the weaknesses might be in particular systems, and to identify areas for quality improvement.

Most people who die in hospital have had good care, but research shows that between 10% and 15% have some sort of problem in their care, and around 3% of deaths might have been avoided.

The aim will be to replace the current varied systems with a single, standardised, national, evidence-based method, for mortality review in every acute hospital. OnMedica

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