22 May 2015
NHS Borders is one of the CHKS Top Hospitals for 2015, for second consecutive year. This accolade is awarded to the 40 top performing CHKS client trusts. The Top Hospitals award is one of several awards that are part of the CHKSTop Hospitals programme.
As well as national awards for patient safety, quality of care and data quality, CHKS celebrates excellence amongst its clients across the UK. The Top Hospitals award is based on the evaluation of over 20 key performance indicators covering safety, clinical effectiveness, health outcomes, efficiency, patient experience and quality of care.
John Raine, NHS Borders Chair said: “This is a tremendous and well deserved achievement for NHS Borders. To be highlighted as one the 40 Top trusts and boards in the UK for a second year running is outstanding.”
He added: "receiving national recognition through this award programme should give reassurance to patients and staff that NHS Borders is amongst the highest performers in the UK when it comes to data quality, safety and care.”
The commitment from our staff makes achievements like these possible and we are very proud to be part of this award programme.”
Representatives from NHS Borderswere at Tuesday night’s annual awards ceremony in London, picking up the award on behalf of the health board.
The CHKS Top Hospitals programme awards were held in London on 19th May and were attended by over 200 guests including representatives from NHS Borders.
Jason Harries, managing director, CHKS said: “These awards recognise outstanding performance in those areas which we believe are critical to delivering good patient care. We are delighted that NHS Borders is one of our Top Hospitals 2015.”
(Pictured left to right): Jonathan Scully, NHS Borders Senior IT Services Manager, Meriel Smith, NHS Borders Planning & Performance Officer, Jason Harries, Managing Director for CHKS, Jackie Brand, NHS Borders A&E Charge Nurse and Dr Janet Bennison, NHS Borders DME Consultant.
For more information on CHKS visit www.chks.co.uk.