Table 2
Proposals reaching consensus as poor indicators of quality of patient care
| Patient group | Performance indicator |
|---|---|
| Surgery | Open reduction rate for fractures |
| Medicine | Proportion of deliberate self harm patients receiving timely gastric decontamination. Length of stay in the department for patients with DVT |
| Psychiatry | Proportion of deliberate self harm patients already under the care of the psychiatrists. Attendance rates for frequent attenders |
| Primary care | Proportion of patients sent by their GP. Proportion of patients for whom the GP would be more appropriate. Proportion of patients who saw their GP first. Assessment of level of inappropriate attenders |
| Minor injury | Number of pretibial lacerations requiring grafting |
| Ophthalmology/ENT, etc | DNA rate of referred patients to outpatient clinics. Referral rate per specialty |
| Analgesia/anaesthesia | Proportion of patients offered patient controlled analgesia |
| Imaging/investigations | Proportion of negative radiographs. Proportion of negative CT scans |
| Cardiac arrest | Time from cardiac arrest to presentation at A&E. Survival rates for out of hospital cardiac arrests |
| Major incident | Proportion of patients not receiving a debriefing after a major incident |
| Other | Proportion of patients admitted to ITU from A&E. Availability of cross boundary agreements with neighbouring trusts. Rate of transfer of patients from the department |
