Public Expenditure on Health and Personal Social Services 2009 - Health Committee Contents


8.  PSA AND DSO PERFORMANCE

8.1.22  The Departmental Report 2009 notes a decline in progress on DSO indicator 2.38 (Patient and user-reported measure of respect and dignity in their treatment), using 2007 data compared to baseline data from 2002 (p 258). Data for 2008 from the National Patients Survey were due to be published in May 2009; is the Department now able to supply these data? (Q113)

Answer

  1.  The information in Departmental Report 2009 is taken from the Care Quality Commission's NHS National Patient Survey Programme. The data are published and are considered to be a sound and robust source. The latest information is derived from a survey conducted among adult in-patients: fieldwork was conducted in autumn 2008 (with patients receiving their treatment in summer 2008). Results were published in May 2009, and the figures for this indicator are shown in table 113. As can be seen, the percentage of respondents saying they were "always" treated with respect and dignity is high and has changed very little over time: the 2008 figure is identical to the 2002 figure at 79%.

Table 113

OVERALL, DO YOU FEEL YOU WERE TREATED WITH RESPECT AND DIGNITY WHILST IN HOSPITAL?


  
2002
2005
2006
2007
2008

Yes, always
79%
79%
78%
78%
79%
Yes, sometimes
18%
18%
18%
19%
18%
No
3%
3%
3%
3%
3%
  
  
  
  
  
  
Number of respondents
92,961
79,008
79,030
74,873
71,184

Source:
National NHS patient survey programme—Survey of adult in-patients 2008.





 
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