NHS Walsall publishes performance record for last year

The Vital Signs review detailing how NHS Walsall performed in 2009/10 was published today (September 30)
The document is designed to share information on our performance against the nationally defined measures used to monitor and assess overall performance of NHS organisations.

In a joint statement, Dr Geoff Archenhold, Chairman of NHS Walsall, and Denise McLellan, Chief Executive of NHS Walsall, said:  “Whilst we are pleased with performance levels in a number of target areas, we acknowledge that there remain areas where we have not achieved what we set out to do.  We are using the performance data to work with our services to address these areas and secure progress towards our goal of improving the overall health of our population.”

The Vital Signs measures are broken down into three parts – national requirements, national priorities and local priorities.

Highlights of how NHS Walsall performed in 2009/10 include:

14,340 more hospital outpatients in Walsall were seen within the 18 weeks target time than in the previous year
347 more local women aged 53 to 70 were invited to breast cancer screening
1906 local people gave up smoking – 45 more than in the year before
Chlamydia screening for young people aged 15-24 increased by 5,777
There were 41 fewer people infected by MRSA or C Difficile
118 more stroke patients spent at least 90 per cent of their time on a dedicated stroke ward while an additional 31 patients at higher risk of stroke were treated within 48 hours.
3579 more local people accessed local NHS dentists than in the previous year.