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EVENT May 13, 2025

Patient Safety – Where do we go from here?

As healthcare continues to evolve, ensuring patient safety remains a top priority. This webinar explores the role of external regulators, how organisations can prepare for assessments, and strategies to foster a collaborative culture of safety and continuous improvement.

BLOG February 12, 2025 by Jackie Rayner - Head of Quality and Development - CHKS

What are the revised Health and Social Care ISQua Standards?

A revision to the 6^th edition of the “Guidelines and Principles for the Development of Health and Social Care Standards” was announced at the 2024 ISQua conference in Istanbul in September. 

BLOG February 5, 2025 by Tom Thornhill

ISO:7101: What is ISO 7101?

ISO 7101 is the new international standard developed specifically for healthcare providers. 

BLOG January 17, 2025 by Tom Thornhill

Join CHKS at the Public Policy Projects' Patient Safety Forum

Join CHKS on the 27th of February 2025 at the Royal College of Physicians for the upcoming Public Policy Projects' Safety Forum.

BLOG January 14, 2025 by Jackie Rayner

CHKS Healthcare Standards Accredited Until 2027

CHKS Accreditation Healthcare Standards accredited by ISQUA’s External Evaluation Association for a period of four years until July 2027 

BLOG January 9, 2025 by Jackie Rayner

Introducing the CHKS Green Award for Healthcare

Recognising the growing importance of environmental sustainability, CHKS is proud to introduce the Green Award.

GUIDE November 18, 2024

Factsheet: Market Intelligence

CHKS Market Intelligence pinpoints by Commissioner or GP Practice where inpatient and outpatient activity / tariff levels are falling / growing for the healthcare provider and also across the wider health economy. A range of options
are available including admission type, specialty and HRG, plus a selection of charting and mapping views are included to better understand the data.

BLOG October 22, 2024 by Jackie Rayner

New 2024 CHKS Standards for Health and Care Organisations

We are delighted to announce the publication of the new 2024 edition of the CHKS Standards for Health and Care organisations.

BLOG September 24, 2024 by CHKS

Achieving Healthcare Standards and improving patient care in Radiotherapy

High quality standards ensure that patient care is safe, but the associated audits and peer reviews can be time-consuming and resource-intensive on already overstretched departments. 

BLOG September 17, 2024 by Taniya Hussain

World Patient Safety Day “Get it right, make it safe!”

If you talk to any clinician, they will advise that Patient Safety is one of the fundamental areas of good practice. According to the World Health Organisation around 1 in every 10 patients are harmed in healthcare and more than 3 million deaths occur annually due to unsafe care.

BLOG August 20, 2024 by Paul Mason

What Are Hospital Models And Why Are They Important To Your Trust’s Board? 

For hospital boards, navigating mortality data can be a complex task. When the board asks: ‘Which mortality measures should we be looking at?’, a nuanced answer is often not enough to provide the necessary insight to effect change. 

BLOG August 6, 2024 by Tom Thornhill

ISO 9001:2015 in Radiotherapy: 4 Key Advantages In Utilising An Accreditation Partner

Achieving ISO 9001:2015 accreditation demonstrates your radiotherapy department's commitment to delivering exceptional patient care, however, navigating the intricacies of ISO 9001:2015 without an Accreditation Partner can be challenging. 

GUIDE July 23, 2024

eGuide: Understanding Your Hospital Performance Metrics - What are RAMI, SHMI and HSMR?

What are RAMI, SHMI and HSMR and how they can support learning from deaths?

Across the UK clinicians and hospital leaders need assurance that the number of patients who die in is not higher than would be expected. 

Simply counting the total number of patients who have died does not take account of how ill patients were before coming to hospital, or the nature of the treatments that they undergo while staying in hospital.

Board members, managers and clinicians should use risk adjusted mortality measures as tools to predict the number of patients you would expect to die and ensure that services are providing excellent care and not resulting in unexpected deaths. 

In the UK there are three common measures in use which use historic data and statistical modelling in slightly different ways. 

These are:
RAMI – Risk Adjusted Mortality Index
SHMI – Summary Hospital-level Mortality Indicator
HSMR – Hospital Standardised Mortality Ratio

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BLOG July 15, 2024 by Moyra Amess

Improving Healthcare Standards in Portugal Through Accreditation with CESPU

CESPU, a private university outside Porto, recently invited our Director of Accreditations and Assurance, Moyra Amess, to speak to a group of hospitals.