News: Ceredigion Trust in Top 40 again
12 May 2005, Ceredigion & Mid Wales NHS TrustAn independant study of over 120 hospitals in the UK has once again identified Ceredigion and Mid Wales NHS Trust as one of the Top 40 performers.
CHKS, the leading healthcare benchmarking company, announced the Top 40 performing hospitals for 2004. Once again, Ceredigion and Mid Wales NHS Trust is one of this Top 40.
To obtain Top 40 status, the following areas were examined:
Examples of the 17 performance criteria used include:
Eleri Ebenezer, Chairman, Ceredigion and Mid Wales NHS Trust said
"The Ceredigion Trust is delighted to have won this award for the fourth time. The Trust has demonstrated a high level of performance across the 17 indicators and shown that our hospitals are well managed and focused on the needs of patients. It is a tribute to the staff and a reflection of our commitment to continually improve standards."Graham Harries, Chief Executive, CHKS International commented
"It is impressive to see that this year's 40 top hospitals have achieved the highest performance level of the five years in which we have been undertaking this study. Over this time the indicators have evolved and grown and now present a rounded view of UK Trusts, taking into account performance measurements across all areas and activities from mortality to out patient treatment."The photograph below shows Eleri Ebenezer of Ceredigion and Mid Wales NHS Trust receiving the CHKS Top 40 Hospital award from Graham Harris, Chief Executive of CHKS and Niall Dickson, Chief Executive of the King's Fund.
Also available is the CHKS press release on the 40 Top Hospitals. This Top 40 press release is also available in Welsh.