King Edward VII’s named NJR Quality Data Provider for second year in a row

King Edward VII’s Hospital is celebrating after being named as a National Joint Registry (NJR) Quality Data Provider for the second year in a row after successfully completing a national programme of local data audits.

Following the hard work of the theatres and wards teams, led by Orthopaedic Team Leader Jean Salmorin, King Edward VII’s Hospital is delighted to have been recognised for the high standard of patient safety as set out by the NJR and in line with its philosophy of care.

Commenting, Emmett Steed-Mundin, Director of Nursing at King Edward VII’s Hospital, said:

‘We’re incredibly proud of our team for achieving this recognition and being awarded as an ‘NJR Quality Data Provider’ for the second year in a row. It recognises the dedication of all our clinical staff to our values and high standard of working practices and reaffirms our commitment to the National Joint Registry’s work in improving clinical outcomes of joint replacement.’

The NJR monitors the performance of hip, knee, ankle, elbow and shoulder joint replacement operations to improve clinical outcomes primarily for the benefit of patients, but also to support orthopaedic clinicians and industry manufacturers. The registry collects high quality orthopaedic data in order to provide evidence to support patient safety, standards in quality of care, and overall cost-effectiveness 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 registry targets.

In order to achieve the award, hospitals are required to meet a series of six ambitious targets during the audit period 2020/21. One of the targets which hospitals are required to complete is compliance with the NJR’s mandatory national audit aimed at assessing data completeness and quality within the registry.

The NJR Data Quality Audit investigates the accurate number of joint replacement procedures submitted to the registry compared 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 King Edward VII’s Hospital.

NJR targets also include having a high level of patients consenting for their details to be included in the registry and for hospitals to demonstrate timely responses to any alerts issued by the NJR in relation to potential patient safety concerns.