Praise for hospital trust's turnaround 'Miracle cure' for healthcare trust
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Your support makes all the difference.An NHS hospital trust ranked as one of the worst in England in a Department of Health league table two months ago was praised in a report yesterday for its strong leadership and high standard of clinical care.
Officials struggled to explain the discrepancy in judgements on the United Bristol Healthcare Trust, whose chief executive was forced to resign in July. The trust includes the Bristol Royal Infirmary, scene of the baby heart surgery disaster that triggered the Kennedy inquiry and a raft of measures to tighten checks on NHS performance. The Commission for Health Improvement, the government watchdog set up to monitor standards across the NHS after the Bristol disaster, gave the trust a glowing report. In a routine clinical governance review it said that managers had "worked hard to ensure patient and public confidence in the services it provides following the Kennedy inquiry" and that "the process of improving the quality of patient care is well embedded".
In July, the trust was ranked one of England's three worst performers after it scored zero stars in league tables for the second year running.
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