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We are members of AQua (the Advancing Quality Alliance) - the North West's improvement agency - which aims to promote best-quality care across the region. For more information, see www.advancingqualityalliance.nhs.uk
The performance of NHS Trafford is monitored by the Care Quality Commission, and is called the Annual Health Check. These assessments to monitor the performance of all NHS organisations in the 2008/9 financial year, using a wide range of criteria that includes safety, patient focus, access to care, amenities, waiting times and cost effectiveness.
NHS Trafford has significantly improved its performance since the 2007/2008 performance results. Specifically, it scored a good for its quality of commissioning health services and good for its quality of financial management, up from fair in both areas last year.
When it comes to the provision of healthcare services, Trafford was seen to have fully met all its criteria, an improvement from partly met in the previous assessment.
Quality of commissioning: Good - Core standards - Fully met - Existing commitments - Almost met - National priorities - Good
Quality of financial management: Good
Providing services: Fully met
Quality of commissioning: Previous years - ratings not directly comparable - Core standards - Previous years - ratings not directly comparable - Existing commitments - Almost met - National priorities - Weak
Quality of financial management: Fair
Providing services: Partly met
You can see the Trafford's Annual Health Check results at the Care Quality Commission's website and search for 'Trafford Primary Care Trust', or click on the links below.
Annual Health Check 08-09 Annual Health Check Commissioning 08-09 Annual Health Check 2007 - 2008 Clinical Governance Annual Report 2007 - 2008 Clinical Governance Annual Report - KPI Clinical Governance Annual Report - Appendix 2
NHS organisations monitor performance using Vital Signs categories and the results feed into the Department of Health's Operating Framework annually. This helps to manage health priorities locally and nationally.
Download the 2010/11 Vital Signs report card (please note, this data is subject to validation).
Click here to view the 2009/10 Vital Signs report card.
Click here to view the 2008/2009 Vital Signs 'report card'.
Trafford Primary Care Trust, 2nd Floor Oakland House, Talbot Rd, Old Trafford, Manchester M16 0PQ