Weston Area Health NHS Trust has been named in a list of the UK’s 40 top hospitals for the seventh consecutive year.
The 40 are compiled by CHKS (Comparative Health Knowledge Systems) – the UK’s leading independent provider of healthcare intelligence - which works with Trusts to improve the quality of their services by analysing their data and acting on the information it gives.
Hospitals are rated on 21 key performance indicators covering safety, clinical effectiveness, efficiency, health outcomes, efficiency, patient experience and quality of care.
The CHKS data reveals that patients treated at any of the 40 Top Hospitals are safer and less likely to pick up hospital acquired infections, such as MRSA. Weston had only one case of hospital-acquired MRSA throughout 2010/11.
Mr Nick Gallegos, Medical Director at Weston Area Health NHS Trust, said: “To achieve a 40 Top ranking out of 135 Trusts for the seventh year running is an excellent result, of which we are very proud.
“We are the only South West Hospital to have achieved that level of consistent performance in the history of the 40 Top Hospitals.
“It signifies that we continue to perform extremely well on key NHS acute Trust issues, such as low infection rates, low complication rates, low mortality rates and having an excellent record on Day Surgery – the direction in which all good NHS hospitals are travelling.”
Jason Harries, Managing Director of CHKS, said: “We are delighted that Weston is again one of our 40 Top Hospitals for 2011. These awards recognise outstanding performance in 21 areas, which we believe are critical to delivering good patient care.
“Hospitals are accountable to their patients, their families and their local communities to provide a safe environment and high standards of patient care.
“Our award winners this year share a commitment to driving improvement and engendering a culture of excellence throughout their organisations.”
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