21 April 2021

Robyn Doran, CNWL’s Chief Operating Officer has produced a written report about The Gordon for the Westminster Policy and Scrutiny Committee (which meets on Wednesday 29 April).

There is a report on Stakeholder engagement included and key metrics like:

  • 560 Westminster inpatient admissions have occurred over the last year, with the majority (62%) admitted to St Charles. 91% of Westminster admissions are placed within the North West London (NWL) system, which is consistent with pre-Gordon inpatient ward closure (90% in 2019-2020).
  • Westminster has reduced its Length of Stay (LoS) to an average of 31 days over the last six months (September to February 20/21) compared to 35 days for the same period last year (March excluded due to Covid bias). This means each care episode is shorter, patients are being supported at home earlier, and fewer beds are required to serve the same number of patients.
  • There has been a slight rise in readmission rates (11% for the last three months compared to 10% in 2019/20) which we are monitoring to assess the impact of newly live and embedding transformation, and to identify additional actions needed to prevent relapse in the community.

The full report is on pages 11 to 13 of the meeting pack on this link.