The National Health Service (Quality Accounts) (Amendment) Regulations 2017

• Citation: S.I. 2017/744
• Sections: 2

Section 1 Citation and commencement

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (Quality Accounts) (Amendment) Regulations 2017.

(2) These Regulations come into force on 1st November 2017.

Section 2 Amendment to the National Health Service (Quality Accounts) Regulations 2010

(1) The National Health Service (Quality Accounts) Regulations 2010 (“the 2010 Regulations ”) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 4—

(a) in paragraph (2) , after “items 1 to 11” insert “and 27.1 to 27.9”;

(b) after paragraph (2A), insert—

(2B) The information prescribed for the purposes of section 8(1) or (3) of the 2009 Act includes the information specified in items 27.1 to 27.9 of the table in the Schedule for—

(a) National Health Service trusts specified in section 8(2)(b) of the 2009 Act; and

(b) NHS foundation trusts.

(2C) Paragraph (2B) does not apply in relation to any ambulance trust.

(2D) The quarterly information required in items 27.1 to 27.3 of the table in the Schedule may be taken from quarterly information published by providers in response to national guidance.

(3) In regulation 5(1) —

(a) at the end of sub-paragraph (c) omit “and”;

(b) after sub-paragraph (d), insert—

and,

(e) for the providers referred to in regulation 4(2B), a statement describing how information required in items 27.1 to 27.3 of the Schedule to these Regulations is being published each quarter by the providers.

(4) In the Schedule to the 2010 Regulations , after item 26, insert the following items—

During [ reporting period ] [ number ] of [ the provider ] patients died.

This comprised the following number of deaths which occurred in each quarter of that reporting period:

[ number ] in the first quarter; [ number ] in the second quarter;

[ number ] in the third quarter;

[ number ] in the fourth quarter.

By [ date ], [ number ] case record reviews and [ number ] investigations have been carried out in relation to [number] of the deaths included in item 27.1. In [ number ] cases a death was subjected to both a case record review and an investigation.

The number of deaths in each quarter for which a case record review or an investigation was carried out was:

[ number ] in the first quarter; [ number ] in the second quarter;

[ number ] in the third quarter;

[ number ] in the fourth quarter.

[ Number ] representing [ number as percentage of number in item 27.1 ]% of the patient deaths during the reporting period are judged to be more likely than not to have been due to problems in the care provided to the patient. In relation to each quarter, this consisted of:

[ Number ] representing [ number as percentage of the number of deaths which occurred in the quarter given in item 27.1] % for the first quarter;

[ Number ] representing [ number as percentage of the number of deaths which occurred in the quarter given in item 27.1] % for the second quarter;

[ Number ] representing [ number as percentage of the number of deaths which occurred in the quarter given in item 27.1] % for the third quarter;

[ Number ] representing [ number as percentage of the number of deaths which occurred in the quarter given in item 27.1] % for the fourth quarter.

These numbers have been estimated using the [ name, and brief explanation of the methods used in the case record review or investigation ].