Sheffield's health service awarded
highest independent rating
Sheffield’s hospitals and the Mental Health Trust have
been awarded the top rating following recent assessments
by the Healthcare Commission.
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals, NHS Trust, Sheffield Children’s
NHS Trust and Sheffield Care Trust were all awarded three
stars – the highest possible rating. This is the first time
the Children’s Hospital and Sheffield Care Trust have achieved
the top rating –
previously they had two stars.
The Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Trust, which runs the
Northern General, the Hallamshire Hospital, Jessop’s maternity
wing, the Charles Clifford Dental Hospital and Weston Park
Cancer Centre, has been awarded three stars for three years
in a row and is to become one of the UK’s first Foundation
Trusts.
The ratings are based on key performance targets which
must be achieved. They include reducing the number of cancelled
operations, controlling infection, providing better food
and cutting waiting lists. The Sheffield Care Trust had
a different set
of performance targets to meet.
The city’s Primary Care Trusts were also assessed recently
by the Healthcare Commission. Sheffield North PCT, West
PCT and South East PCT were given two stars and South West
PCT was awarded
one star.
Andy Buck, Co-Chair of Sheffield First for Health said,
“These are excellent results for Sheffield and I would
like to take this opportunity to thank NHS staff across
the city for their hard work.”
He added: “For a city of its size Sheffield has one
of the best health services in the country, but we are not
complacent and realise there is always room for improvement.
Sheffield First for Health is committed to ensuring agencies
across the city take a co-ordinated approach to improving
care for all people in Sheffield.”
September 2004
October 02, 2006 
