Performance measures for more UK hospitals to be published

PHIN is calling for full compliance from UK private healthcare providers so that it can publish further measures indicating quality and risk of harm, increasing urgently needed transparency to the sector.

PHIN now offers data on 149 common procedures at 286 hospitals. The performance measures show the CQC rating, number of patient admissions, typical lengths of stay, and what proportion of previous patients would recommend the facility to their friends.

Publishing hospital performance and outcomes data will improve the quality of clinical care for patients, assist industry regulation, and empower patients with evidence and knowledge about their care provider. However, to date there has been insufficient evidence of genuine ambition for demonstrating quality of care in private healthcare.

PHIN’s work towards greater transparency in the private healthcare sector continues as it works with hospitals and private healthcare providers to prepare and validate data across additional performance measures, such as patient reported outcome measures and number of serious incidents that are entirely preventable/should never happen).

PHIN will be publishing performance measures on consultants in private practice in 2018.