Distribution of staff responses by Clinical Professional Group for HSMR Quartile
| HSMR quartile* | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First quartile (%) | Second quartile (%) | Third quartile (%) | Fourth quartile (%) | ||
| Agree† that ‘Care of patients is my trust's top priority’ | Medical/dental | 66.2 | 69.0 | 71.2 | 71.8 |
| Nursing | 72.2 | 71.3 | 76.3 | 79.0 | |
| Allied health professionals | 75.5 | 75.0 | 79.6 | 79.3 | |
| Agree† that ‘If a friend or relative needed treatment I would be happy to with the standard of care provided by this trust’ | Medical/dental | 77.9 | 81.2 | 83.6 | 86.9 |
| Nursing | 79.3 | 80.5 | 82.0 | 86.3 | |
| Allied health professionals | 80.9 | 82.0 | 84.7 | 86.2 | |
| Agree† that ‘I am satisfied with the quality of care I give to patients’ | Medical/dental | 94.4 | 93.8 | 94.0 | 93.7 |
| Nursing | 91.0 | 89.6 | 90.8 | 91.1 | |
| Allied health professionals | 94.5 | 94.7 | 95.3 | 94.4 | |
*First HSMR quartile represents the quartile of hospitals with the highest standardised mortality rate, with the fourth quartile representing the lowest standardised mortality rate.
†Includes those participants responding that they ‘Agree’ or ‘Strongly agree’.
HSMR, hospital standardised mortality ratios