Annual Reports

HC: The Healthcare Commission has published performance ratings for all NHS trusts in England, showing overall improvement in quality of services and use of resources.  All 394 trusts get an overall rating - on a four-point scale ranging from “excellent” to “weak” – on both quality of services and use of resources (financial management).

The results show clear improvement overall, with more trusts scoring “excellent”, as well as fewer scoring “fair” and “weak”.  In all, one in three trusts improved on quality of services and a similar number did so on use of resources.  In particular, the Commission noted that 19 NHS trusts scored “excellent” on both parts of the rating, up from just two last year.

Overall performance improved with 55% of trusts judged “fully met” on existing national targets, an increase of 18 percentage points compared to last year.  This is largely because of the significant improvements in the range of waiting time targets.

But 70 % of PCTs failed the target relating to “convenience and choice”, which says that patients should be able to choose from at least four providers paid for by the NHS.
HC press release ~ DH press release ~ Monitor press release ~ Healthcare Commission ~ The annual health check 2006/2007 - A national overview of the performance of NHS trusts in England (pdf 1410kb) (opens new window) ~ Directory of performance ratings for NHS trusts
 
Ofwat: Customers can be assured that their water supplies are secure, according to Ofwat's 'Security of Supply 2006-07' report, which looks at how well companies have managed to balance their supply of water against the demand by their customers in a way that ensures they meet their customers' needs for a safe, secure and continuous water supply now and in the future.
 
Across the whole industry, leakage fell for the third consecutive year and the amount of water lost through leakage is now one-third lower than its 1994 peak.
 
Only Severn Trent failed to meet its leakage target and the company has given Ofwat a legally binding undertaking to fix this and meet future targets.  Following similar action against Thames Water last year, the company complied with its commitments in 2006-07 and beat its leakage target by 20 Ml/d.
Press release ~ Security of supply 2006-07 report
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