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Written question asked by Stephen O'Brien (Conservative) on Tuesday, 30 March 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 6 April 2010. It was answered by Mike O'Brien (Labour) on Wednesday, 7 April 2010 on behalf of the Department of Health.


Patients: Death

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will publish the most recent hospital standardised mortality ratio for each NHS hospital trust, ranked from highest to lowest.
Answer

Hospital standardised mortality ratios (HSMRs) for every non-specialist acute national health service trust in England have been published each month on the NHS Choices website at"www.nhs.uk"since April 2009. The hospital comparison features of NHS Choices allows the list to be sorted by a range of elements, including by HSMR banding and the Care Quality Commission's Quality of Care indicator.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
508 c1445-6W; 325727
Session
2009-10
Subjects
Death NHS Standards
Link
View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk