The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 277 No 7422 p440
14 October 2006

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NHS trust ratings published

Annual health check ratings for all NHS trusts in England were published by the Healthcare Commission this week.

Assessing NHS performance from April 2005 to March 2006, the commission classed 40 per cent of trusts as “excellent” or “good” for quality of services, and 9 per cent as “weak”. For their use of resources, 15 per cent of trusts were classed as excellent or good, and 37 per cent were classed as weak. Strategic health authorities are calling for action plans to be in place within 30 days for the trusts which were weak.

Health professionals, patients and the public will be able to access the scores for all trusts