EC Trust – 4 times a winner in CHKS Top 40 Hospitals

It’s getting to be a habit – East Cheshire Trust is listed for the 4th time since 2011 in CHKS ‘Top 40 Hospitals.

“The award is based on the evaluation of 22 key performance indicators covering safety, clinical effectiveness, health outcomes, efficiency, patient experience and quality of care.”

CHKS 40Top Winners 2014

• Airedale NHS Foundation Trust
• Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
• Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust
• Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
• Bedford Hospital NHS Trust
• Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
• NHS Borders
• Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
• Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
• Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
• Derby Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
• Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
• East Cheshire NHS Trust
• East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust
• Kingston Hospital NHS Trust
• Lewisham Healthcare NHS Trust
• Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
• Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust
• North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust
• Northern Health and Social Care Trust (Northern Ireland)
• Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
• Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust
• Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust
• Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust
• Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
• Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust
• Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
• Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust
• South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust (Northern Ireland)
• South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust
• Southern Trust Health and Social Care Trust (Northern Ireland)
• The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust
• The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
• The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust
• University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
• University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust
• West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
• Weston Area Health NHS Trust
• Wye Valley NHS Trust
• York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Read the report in The Middlewich Guardian or more information at CHKS

EC Trust in the top 40 for 3rd time

Extract from The Knutsford Guardian

EAST Cheshire NHS Trust has been named as one of the top 40 hospitals in the country by independent healthcare analysts CHKS for the third time in a row.

The trust made the 2013 40Top Hospitals list on the basis of evaluation carried out by CHKS around 22 key performance indicators, covering safety, clinical effectiveness, health outcomes, efficiency, patient experience and quality of care.

East Cheshire NHS Trust was also placed in the top 40 in 2012, 2011, 2006 and 2005, as well as being shortlisted for a much-coveted Quality of Care award in 2010.