Statistical strutiny. 2.

The Bassett report casts “grave doubts on validity of trust data. “The Public Health Agency (PHA) privately cautioned the Western Trust that its conclusions went beyond what the data could support. An independent statistical review confirmed no significant improvement. Yet the Trust continued — and apparently continues — to make its “lives saved” claims publicly…

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Statistical Report- the Bassett report.

Data is not a mirror. It does not simply reflect reality back at us — it selects, frames, and in doing so, inevitably excludes. The most powerful use of data is not confirmatory but exploratory: the patient, unglamorous work of tracking real changes in real communities, driven by genuine curiosity about what’s happening rather than…

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SOAS Communications

We wish to reiterate the same conclusion expressed in our July 28th correspondence. The development of a Vision Plan for SWAH – as defined by the Minister – that fully involves the relevant stakeholders is something that our community genuinely stands behind. We regard this as a real opportunity to quickly develop a credible, locally…

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Hayes Report – Acute Hospitals Review Group 2001

A 2001 report containing a wide-ranging review of the health service in Northern Ireland – by Maurice Hayes, former permanent secretary of the Department of Health and Social Services (1983-87) .One of the main recommendations of the report is for a new acute hospital to be built in County Fermanagh to serve the south west…

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