NHS health check 2006: Facts and figures

SEE THE FULL RESULTS

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See below (or click on the links) to see some of the key findings. For the full situation nationally and in your area, click on the link in the box to the right.

OVERVIEW

The commission assessed the trusts on a series of criteria, focusing on their quality of service and use of resources.

Each trust was graded either excellent, good, fair or weak.

The services measure included patient access, safety and the way the services are run.

The ratings reflect how well the organisation met basic standards of care and how it performed against existing and new national targets.

The resources measure gauged financial performance - not just whether it was in debt - and included how it monitors spending and whether it provides value for money.

REGIONAL BREAKDOWN

MAPPING PERFORMANCES
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The Central region fares well in the new-style assessment, with the highest percentage of organisations achieving an excellent or good ranking for quality of services, and the lowest percentage of weak rankings.

The South West has the highest percentage of organisations ranked weak.

On use of resources, the North region, which has the largest number of high-performing foundation trusts, fares best.

BEST AND WORST

Only two of the 570 trusts achieved ratings of excellent in both categories.

Both are foundation trusts, which generally received higher ratings overall.

HIGH PERFORMERS
Trusts achieving excellence for either quality of services or use of resources or both
Trust	Type	Quality of Services	Use of Resources
Harrogate and District	Acute	Excellent	Excellent
Royal Marsden	Acute	Excellent	Excellent
Barts and London	Acute	Excellent	Good
Basildon and Thurrock	Acute	Good	Excellent
Cambridge University	Acute	Good	Excellent
Cheshire and Wirral	MHT	Excellent	Good
Derby	Acute	Good	Excellent
Dorset Health Care	MHT	Excellent	Good
Frimley Park	Acute	Good	Excellent
Liverpool Womens Hospital	Acute	Good	Excellent
Oxfordshire	Learning disability	Excellent	Good
Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases	Acute	Excellent	Good
Salford Royal	Acute	Excellent	Good
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals	Acute	Good	Excellent
South Essex	MHT	Good	Excellent
South Tyneside	Acute	Good	Excellent
Stockport	Acute	Good	Excellent
Univ Hospital Birmingham	Acute	Good	Excellent
Univ Hospitals of Leicester	Acute	Excellent	Good
Source: Healthcare Commission

MHT = Mental Health Trust

A total of 24 trusts scored weak in both sectors.

POOR PERFORMERS
Trusts scoring weak for quality of services and use of resources
Trust	Type	Quality of Services	Use of Resources
Avon	Ambulance	Weak	Weak
Barnet and Chase Farm	Acute	Weak	Weak
Bedfordshire Heartlands	PCT	Weak	Weak
Buckinghamshire	MHT	Weak	Weak
Cheshire West	PCT	Weak	Weak
East Elmbridge and Mid Surrey	PCT	Weak	Weak
Gloucestershire	Ambulance	Weak	Weak
Guildford and Waverley	PCT	Weak	Weak
Kennet and North Wiltshire	PCT	Weak	Weak
Mid Cheshire	Acute	Weak	Weak
Mid Yorkshire	Acute	Weak	Weak
North Somerset	PCT	Weak	Weak
Northern Devon	Acute	Weak	Weak
Oldbury and Smethwick	PCT	Weak	Weak
Rowley Regis and Tipton	PCT	Weak	Weak
Royal Cornwall	Acute	Weak	Weak
Surrey and Sussex	Acute	Weak	Weak
Swale	PCT	Weak	Weak
Watford and Three Rivers	PCT	Weak	Weak
West Hertfordshire	Acute	Weak	Weak
West Midlands	Ambulance	Weak	Weak
West Wiltshire	PCT	Weak	Weak
West Yorkshire	Ambulance	Weak	Weak
Weston Area	Acute	Weak	Weak
Source: Healthcare Commission

PCT = Primary Care Trust, MHT = Mental Health Trust

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