The Healthcare Commission has published its most in-depth analysis of the performance of England's 570 NHS trusts across a range of categories.
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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
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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