Spire Norwich Hospital awarded by the National Joint registry for commitment to patient safety
08 January 2025
Spire Norwich Hospital is delighted to announce that it has been named as a National Joint Registry (NJR) Quality Data Provider after successfully completing a national data quality audit programme for the hospital.
The NJR monitors the performance of hip, knee, ankle, elbow and shoulder joint replacement procedures to support work to improve the clinical outcomes for the benefit of patients, but also to provide feedback on surgical performance to orthopaedic clinicians and joint replacement implant manufacturers. The registry collects high quality orthopaedic data in order to support patient safety, standards in quality of care and overall value 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 the registry’s high targets in the achievement of the quality of the data collected.
The NJR Data Quality Audit compares the number of joint replacement procedures submitted to the registry 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 Spire Norwich Hospital.
Michelle Briggs, Director of Clinical Services at Spire Norwich Hospital, said:
“We’re delighted to be awarded ‘Silver’ as a ‘NJR Quality Data Provider’. Our priority is to ensure that Spire Norwich Hospital provides care that results in the best and safest outcome for all of our Patients. As a hospital we have always worked closely with the NJR team to ensure that this continues to be the case. We would like to thank our hospital team for all their dedication and hard work in capturing up to date and accurate information needed to facilitate improvement in clinical outcomes for the benefit of joint replacement patients. Commitment to providing this information, ensures that patients safety is monitored and maintained to the highest standard.”
Medical Director of the National Joint Registry, Mr Tim Wilton, commented:
“Congratulations to colleagues at Spire Norwich Hospital. As well as being a fundamental driver to inform improved quality of care for patients, registry data provides an important source of evidence for regulators, such as the Care Quality Commission, to inform their judgements about the quality of health services.”
The Quality Data Provider Award received by the team demonstrates the high standards being met towards ensuring compliance with the NJR and is a reflection of strong departmental efforts to achieve such status.
Full details about the NJR’s Quality Data Provider certificate scheme can be found at www.njrcentre.org.uk.