Horton General Hospital Achieves Top National Recognition for Hip Fracture Care
The hospital's hip fracture team consistently ranks in the top ten nationally for quality benchmarks, demonstrating superior patient outcomes.
By Laura Medhurst
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The hip fracture team at Horton General Hospital has once again received national acclaim for delivering exceptional patient outcomes, ranking among the UK's best according to the latest National Hip Fracture Database (NHFD) Annual Report.
The report, covering data from January to December 2025 and involving 174 hospitals across England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, highlights the Horton team’s consistent high performance. For the fourteenth consecutive year, the hospital has been placed in the top ten nationally for achieving the Best Practice Tariff (BPT), a quality benchmark for hip fracture care. In 2025, 82.6% of the hospital’s hip fracture patients met all BPT criteria, significantly surpassing the national average of 47.3%.
Furthermore, the hospital's 30-day adjusted mortality rate remains below the national average at 5.1%, compared to the national rate of nearly 6%. Patients at Horton also experience shorter hospital stays, averaging 16 days, well below the national average of 20.1 days. Additionally, 75.9% of patients were discharged within 120 days, exceeding the national rate of 74.9%.
The team demonstrated strong performance in several other key areas: 44% of patients were admitted to a trauma ward within four hours of presentation (national: 89.2%); 87.7% received surgery by the day after admission (national: 56.7%); 84.8% received bone-strengthening treatment (national: 61%); 91% of surgeries were led by a Consultant Surgeon and Anaesthetist (national: 53.8%); and 95.4% of cases had no reoperation within 120 days (national: 41.7%).
The Horton General Hospital team manages a substantial volume of hip fracture patients, accounting for almost 50% of all patients treated at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. While mobilisation on the day after surgery is slightly below the national average at 76.4% compared to 82.1%, the team remains dedicated to early recovery and rehabilitation.
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"These outstanding results are a testament to the hard work, dedication, and close collaboration of our multidisciplinary team – from Emergency Department staff and orthopaedic surgeons to geriatricians, anaesthetists, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, and ward nurses. We are proud to deliver care that consistently places us among the very best in the country, and very thankful for our staff who make this happen year after year."
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"Once again, the Horton General Hospital hip fracture team has demonstrated what can be achieved through a patient-centred, team-based approach – they know what works and are committed to delivering it time after time. These results reflect this, as well as their extremely high levels of care for some of our most vulnerable patients."
