Table 2.
Summary of patient safety indicators, mean (SD)
| Period | Mortality (%)* | Readmissions within 72 hours (%)* | Post-operative sepsis (%)† | ||
| BRI | CHH | BRI | CHH | BRI | |
| 1 January 2018–30 June 2018 (pre-intervention) | 1.5 (0.56) | 3.3 (1.1) | 8.2 (1.5) | 2.5 (0.7) | 3.8 (1.2) |
| 1 July 2018–30 April 2019 (patient flow programme) | 1.1 (0.31) | 2.9 (0.78) | 6.8 (0.97) | 2.9 (1.22) | 4.2 (1.6) |
| 1 May 2019–30 November 2019 (command centre display roll-in) | 1.0 (0.29) | 2.5 (0.57) | 6.7 (0.62) | 5.6 (0.87) | 3.2 (1.2) |
| 1 December 2019–30 April 2021 (command centre activation) | 1.7 (0.94) | 4.3 (1.67) | 6.8 (1.1) | 5.2 (0.93) | 3.6 (2.1) |
| 1 May 2021–31 August 2021 (engagement resumption) | 1.1 (0.38) | 2.9 (0.83) | 6.9 (0.81) | 4.5 (0.84) | 2.7 (1.2) |
*Values are percentages with respect to weekly counts of in-patient emergency admissions.
†Values are percentages with respect to weekly counts of surgical operations.
BRI, Bradford Royal Infirmary hospital; CHH, Calderdale & Huddersfield Hospitals.