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Wednesday, 24 July, 2002, 16:47 GMT 17:47 UK
Specialist trusts: Star ratings
The Department of Health NHS performance data includes star ratings for 20 specialist trusts across England.

Specialist trusts act as centres of expertise for a particular type of care, unlike acute trusts, which provide a broad range of services.

They also tend to serve a much wider population than acute trusts.


Three Star Trusts:

Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Trust, London

Nuffield Orthopaedic NHS Trust, Oxford

Papworth Hospital NHS Trust

Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Trust, Sussex

Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic and District Hospital NHS Trust, Shropshire

Royal Marsden Hospital NHS Trust, London

Two Star Trusts:

Birmingham Women's Health Care NHS Trust

Cardiothoracic Centre - Liverpool NHS Trust

Christie Hospital NHS Trust, Manchester

Clatterbridge Centre for Oncology NHS Trust

Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust, London

Liverpool Womens Hospital NHS Trust

Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Trust

Royal Liverpool Childrens NHS Trust

Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases NHS Trust, Bath

Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust, Birmingham

Sheffield Children's Hospital NHS Trust

Walton Centre for Neurology and Neurosurgery NHS Trust

One Star Trusts:

Birmingham Children's Hospital NHS Trust

Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust, Middlesex


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