Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust work to enable patients living with long term health problems to stay in their own homes and avoid being admitted to hospital wherever possible.

The trust manages four hospitals and four minor injury units, as well as numerous health centres and clinics across Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin. Services offered by this trust include dementia care, substance misuse, rheumatology care and podiatry services. The trust also offers primary care services to offenders at HMPYOI Stoke Heath.

Figures for this Trust

  • Number of Patient Safety Incidents & harm caused
    April 2020 to March 2021
    • Death
      0
    • Severe
      12
    • Moderate
      194
    • Low
      490
    • None
      307
    Total 1,003
  • Top 3 categories of Patient Safety Incident
    April 2020 to March 2021
    1. Infrastructure (including staffing, facilities, environment)
    2. Implementation of care and ongoing monitoring / review
    3. Medication
  • Percentage of A&E attendances dealt with in 4 hours
    July 2024
    Percentage of A&E attendances dealt with in 4 hours
    99.8%

  • Number of cancelled
    elective operations
    April to June 2024
    Number of cancelled elective operations
    0

  • Percentage waiting 6+ weeks
    for diagnostic test
    June 2024
    Percentage waiting 6+ weeks for diagnostic test
    18.6%
  • Number of mixed sex
    accommodation breaches
    June 2024
    Number of mixed sex accommodation breaches
    0

  • Number of Never Events and number by category
    Number of Never Events and
    number by category
    1 April 2021 to 31 August 2021
    0
  • Wrong site surgery - 0
  • Retained foreign object post procedure - 0
  • Wrong implant/prosthesis - 0
  • Misplaced naso- or orogastric tubes - 0
  • Overdose of insulin due to abbreviations or incorrect device - 0
  • Administration of medication by the wrong route - 0
  • Overdose of methotrexate for non cancer treatment - 0
  • Failure to install functional collapsible shower or curtain rails - 0
  • Transfusion or transplantation of ABO incompatible blood components or organs - 0
  • Unintentional connection of a patient requiring O2 to an air flowmeter - 0
  • Misselection of high strength midazolam - 0
  • Misselection of a strong potassium solution - 0
  • Falls from poorly restricted windows - 0
  • Chest or neck entrapment in bed rails - 0
  • Scalding of patients - 0