Spire Bushey Hospital awarded 'Gold' by the National Joint registry for commitment to patient safety

Spire Bushey Hospital is delighted to announce that it has been awarded ‘Gold’ level as a National Joint Registry (NJR) Quality Data Provider after successfully completing a national data quality audit programme.

The NJR monitors the performance of hip, knee, ankle, elbow and shoulder joint replacement procedures to support work to improve clinical outcomes for patients.  The NJR also provides feedback on surgical performance to orthopaedic clinicians and joint replacement implant manufacturers. 

The registry collects high quality orthopaedic data in order to support patient safety, standards in quality of care and overall value in joint replacement surgery. The ‘NJR Quality Data Provider’ certificate scheme was introduced to offer hospitals a blueprint for reaching high quality standards relating to patient safety and to reward those who have met the registry’s high targets in the achievement of the quality of the data collected. 

The NJR Data Quality Audit compares the number of joint replacement procedures submitted to the registry to the number carried out and recorded in the local hospital Patient Administration System. The audit ensures that the NJR is collecting and reporting upon the most complete, accurate data possible across all hospitals performing joint replacement operations, including Spire Bushey Hospital.

Philip Quarcoo, Director of Clinical Services at Spire Bushey Hospital, said:

“The priority for the team at Spire Bushey Hospital is providing the best and safest possible outcome for all our patients. We work very closely with the NJR to ensure the continuous improvement of our clinical practices and patient safety measures.  We’re delighted to be awarded ‘Gold’ as a ‘NJR Quality Data Provider’ and would like to thank the brilliant hospital team for all their hard work and dedication to reach such a high standard of patient care.”

Medical Director of the National Joint Registry, Mr Tim Wilton, commented:

“Congratulations to colleagues at Spire Bushey Hospital.

The Quality Data Provider Award received by the team at this hospital demonstrates the high standards that are being met in ensuring compliance with the registry and is a reflection of the strong departmental efforts to achieve such status.

As well as being a fundamental driver to inform improved quality of care for patients, our registry data also provides an important source of evidence for regulators, such as the Care Quality Commission, to help to inform their knowledge and judgement about the quality of health services.”

Full details about the NJR’s Quality Data Provider certificate scheme can be found online at:  https://www.njrcentre.org.uk.