Western Sussex Hospitals Foundation Trust rated "outstanding"

Western Sussex Hospitals Foundation Trust has become the first non-specialist trust to be rated “outstanding” in all five Care Quality Commission (CQC) domains.

The latest CQC report means the trust has not only retained its overall “outstanding” rating from its December 2015 inspection, but also improved its rating in the safe domain from “good” and in the responsiveness domain from “requires improvement”. The trust was also rated “outstanding” for critical care, improving from “requires improvement”. It was also rated outstanding for use of resources.

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Source: HSJ, 22 October 2019