Worst trusts for food, cleanliness and privacy revealed

The best and worst trusts for food, cleanliness and privacy – as judged by patients and staff – have been revealed.

Whittington Health Trust has been named among the worst five acute trusts on all the above measures, in the latest national assessment of care environments.

Leeds and York Partnership Foundation Trust was the only mental health trust in the bottom five on all these counts. 

NHS England published the results of a patient-led assessment of the care environment (PLACE) last month. A team of patients and staff judged the scores on non-clinical aspects of the trust environment.

A Whittington Health spokesman said it had a wide-ranging plan for improvements, including refurbishments and enhanced catering. 

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Source: HSJ, 6 March 2025