Table 1 Best and poor performing NHS Trusts based on hospital standardised mortality ratios for 2005/6 according to "How healthy is your hospital"; the information pertaining to the number of admissions in 2005/6 is obtained through the website of Hospital Episode Statistics (accessed on 21/07/2007).
From: The most dangerous hospital or the most dangerous equation?
Best performing NHS Trusts | Number of admissions | Poorest performing NHS Trusts | Number of admissions |
|---|---|---|---|
Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust | 62,062 | University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust | 92,222 |
The Hammersmith Hospitals NHS Trust | 95,026 | Tameside and Glossop Acute Services NHS Trust | 43,097 |
Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | 101,540 | Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | 62,418 |
St George's Healthcare NHS Trust | 82,043 | Dudley Group of Hospitals NHS Trust | 78,036 |
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | 109,204 | The Medway NHS Trust | 60,698 |
Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | 44,652 | Mid Staffordshire General Hospitals NHS Trust | 53,312 |
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust | 103,627 | Burton Hospitals NHS Trust | 48,324 |
St Mary's NHS Trust | 56,244 | Good Hope Hospital NHS Trust | 59,487 |
The Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust | 64,135 | Kettering General Hospital NHS Trust | 63,558 |
Weston Area Health NHS Trust | 25,434 | George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust | 42,577 |