Spire Leicester Hospital awarded by the National Joint Registry for commitment to patient safety

• Spire Leicester Hospital has been recognised as an NJR Quality Data Provider after completing a national data quality audit. 

The National Joint Registry collects and monitors orthopaedic data on the performance of hip, knee, ankle, elbow and shoulder joint replacements. This is to enhance patient safety, standards in of care, and ensure value in joint replacement surgery, as well as to provide feedback on surgical performance to orthopaedic clinicians and joint replacement implant manufacturers. To promote excellence in data quality, the NJR introduced ‘Quality Data Provider’ certificate scheme. This initiative offers hospitals a clear framework for reaching high-quality standards in patient safety and recognises those who have met the registry’s high targets in the achievement of the quality of the data collected. This award is a great example of clinical and non-clinical teams working together to deliver excellence.

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

Spire Leicester Hospital team celebrating their NJR Quality Data Provider Award

Commenting, Darren Rogers, Hospital Director at Spire Leicester, said:

“Patient safety is our top priority, and we’re proud to support the National Joint Registry’s work to improve clinical outcomes. Receiving the NJR Quality Data Provider award reflects our team’s commitment to excellence in joint replacement care.” 

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

“Congratulations to colleagues at Spire Leicester 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.”