From August 2004 to August 2011:

  1. The number of full-time medical and surgical junior (below consultant level, including non-training grade) doctors at your hospital

Year / Headcount / fte / Hospital(s)
Aug-04 / 371 / 327.95 / Heartlands
Aug-05 / 375 / 332.37 / Heartlands
Aug-06 / 389 / 354.19 / Heartlands
Aug-07 / 603 / 558.14 / Heartlands & Good Hope
Aug-08 / 602 / 554.84 / Heartlands & Good Hope
Aug-09 / 573 / 533.80 / Heartlands & Good Hope
Aug-10 / 600 / 558.95 / Heartlands & Good Hope
Aug-11 / 634 / 595.30 / Heartlands, Good Hope & Community

Questions 2-4 We have in excess of 600 Junior Doctors and to analyse all this data to provide details of each of their working hours over a 6 month period going back 10 years would take several weeks to produce and thus exceed the 18hours of staff time limit .

  1. The median average hours full-time junior doctors were contracted for per week (calculated over 6 months)

2004/05 / 2005/06 / 2006/07 / 2007/08 / 2008/09 / 2009/10 / 2010/11
  1. The maximum hours full-time junior doctors were contracted for per week (calculated over 6 months)

2004/05 / 2005/06 / 2006/07 / 2007/08 / 2008/09 / 2009/10 / 2010/11
  1. The percentage of full-time junior doctor’s contracts that worked longer than an average of 48 hours per week (calculated over 6 months).

2004/05 / 2005/06 / 2006/07 / 2007/08 / 2008/09 / 2009/10 / 2010/11
  1. Hospital Standardised Mortality Ratio

2004/05 / 2005/06 / 2006/07 / 2007/08 / 2008/09 / 2009/10 / 2010/11
112.56 / 113.32 / 111.32 / 104.3 / 99.5 / 98.12 / 98.45

The number of “Never” events (Department of Health Definitions 2011/2012)

2004/05 / 2005/06 / 2006/07 / 2007/08 / 2008/09 / 2009/10 / 2010/11
1 / 3

The Never Event definition came about in 2009 and we have included figures since then. Our Datix archive covers this period but to extract what are now conserved Never events would involve apply the criteria from the reference you mention and searching approximately 60,000 records.

Thirty day death rate for patients undergoing elective procedures

PLEASE NOTE ** IN HOSPITAL DEATHS

2004/05 / 2005/06 / 2006/07 / 2007/08 / 2008/09 / 2009/10 / 2010/11
0.13% / 0.11% / 0.12% / 0.12% / 0.09% / 0.07% / 0.07%

Number of non-palliatively coded deaths

2004/05 / 2005/06 / 2006/07 / 2007/08 / 2008/09 / 2009/10 / 2010/11
3800 / 4008 / 3972 / 3562 / 3268 / 3042 / 3046

Raw number of deaths

2004/05 / 2005/06 / 2006/07 / 2007/08 / 2008/09 / 2009/10 / 2010/11
3824 / 4032 / 4000 / 3802 / 3796 / 3522 / 3500

Many thanks for your help,