Mortality | Particular focus on weekend (admitted) mortality | Specialty, consultant and ward | Reduce | Reduced (but not significant) |
Midnight free beds | Particular focus on weekends | Ward | Increase | No significant change |
Discharges before lunch | Focus on weekend rota on effect of ‘readiness’ for discharge before lunch on Monday | Ward | Increase | No significant change |
Length of stay | Will LOS reduce with consistent consultant presence? | Ward | Reduce | No significant change |
Weekend discharges | Discharges on Saturday, Sunday and Monday | Ward | Increase | Increased – D25 (no change in others) |
Readmissions | Will 7-day working improve admission rate? | Specialty and consultant | Reduce | Reduced (but not significant) |
Admissions and discharges | Influencing measure affecting free beds, length of stay etc | Ward, specialty and consultant | No change | No significant change |
Consultant (Guy Hagan) | Effect/influence of increased presence | Patient review, daily review and afternoon board | | |
Consultant (Arvind Rajasekaran) | Effect/influence of increased presence | Patient review, daily review and afternoon board | | |