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Annual Reports
HC: Patients rate highly the care they receive in NHS A&E departments, with 88% rating it as ‘excellent’, ‘very good’ or ‘good, according to a survey published last week by the Healthcare Commission. The survey also shows that 69% of patients who travelled to A&E in an ambulance rated the care they received from the ambulance staff as ‘excellent’.
The survey included responses from just under 50,000 patients over age 16 who had visited an A&E or emergency department between January and March 2008. It was coordinated for the Commission by the Picker Institute and carried out by 151 hospital trusts.
The survey shows improvements in communication since it was last carried out in 2003 and 2004, but the survey results also highlight some key areas of concern.
RFA: The Renewable Fuels Agency has released provisional data on biofuels supplied to UK forecourts in the first 6 months of the RTFO. Several fossil fuel companies (ConocoPhillips, Greenergy and Mabanaft) are currently above all three of the Government's 2008/09 targets for biofuel sustainability, showing that good performance is achievable.
However, the RFA is disappointed that other companies are currently well below some targets. In particular, Chevron, Esso, Murco, Prax and Topaz have so far failed to supply any fuel meeting sustainability standards, with Prax and Topaz failing to report any data at all on the origins of their biofuels. This suggests that it is unlikely that these companies will meet the Government target for the year that 30% of biofuel should meet environmental sustainability standards.
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