Top Award For The Trust Behind Kings Mill Hospital

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, the group behind Kings Mill Hospital, have been named as one of the Top Hospitals for 2017 by CHKS, an accolade awarded to the top performing CHKS client trusts.

The Top Hospitals award is one of several awards that are part of the CHKS Top Hospitals programme. As well as national awards for patient safety, quality of care and data quality, CHKS celebrates excellence among its clients across the UK.

The Top Hospitals award is based on the evaluation of over 20 key performance indicators covering safety, clinical effectiveness, health outcomes, efficiency, patient experience and quality of care. The indicators are revised annually to take into account any newly-available performance information.

Sherwood Forest Hospitals Chief Executive Peter Herring said: “I am delighted that the Trust’s work over the past 18 months has been recognised. This reflects that, as a Trust, we are among the safest in the country, have low mortality and are more efficient in the way we deliver our clinical services.

“Staff should be proud of what we have achieved during our recent improvement journey and this award recognises the excellent progress we have made. It is clear we are capable of achieving fantastic work that gets results. I must congratulate everyone involved with the Trust and ask them to keep up the good work.”

Andy Lockwood, managing director, Capita Healthcare Decisions, said: “These awards recognise outstanding performance in those areas which we believe are critical to delivering good patient care. We are delighted that Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of our Top Hospitals 2017.”

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