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NHS Confederation statement on NCEPOD report 'Knowing the Risk'
NHS Confederation deputy chief executive David Stout, said:
"This is a well-researched report and NHS leaders need to give proper consideration to how they can best implement its recommendations.
"If NHS organisations are to bring about real change to the care high risk patients receive then we need all parts of the health service - managers, surgeons and emergency services - working together to make sure surgical care is properly planned. We know many hospitals need to do much more to ensure they provide a round-the-clock service for patients.
"However, bringing about improvements in high-risk surgery many also require some radical changes to the way services are planned. In some cases, it will mean concentrating services on fewer sites to make the best use of staff skills, critical care bed capacity and pre and post-operative care.
"This not only means better outcomes for patients, but lower healthcare costs for hospitals"
Notes to Editors
1. The NHS Confederation is the only body to bring together the full range of organisations that make up the modern NHS. We are an independent membership organisation that represents all types of providers and commissioners of NHS services in England. We also represent trusts and health care boards in Wales; and health and social service trusts and boards in Northern Ireland.
2. Contact Francesca Reville 020 7074 3312 or Niall Smith 020 7074 3304. For out of hours media enquiries, please call the Duty Press Officer on 07880 500726.
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