Hospital receives excellent rating

Newark Hospital, part of Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has scored excellent in all three areas in the annual Patient Environment Action Team (PEAT) assessment.

The hospital received top ratings by the PEAT programme, which assesses all inpatient units in the UK with 10 or more beds.

The PEAT assessments are carried out by Sherwood Forest Hospitals staff and governors together with patients, patient representatives and members of the public.

Hospitals are given a rating of excellent, good, acceptable, poor or unacceptable in standards of privacy and dignity, environment and food within their buildings.

A rating of ‘excellent’ was awarded for Newark Hospital’s achievements in privacy and dignity, for the patient environment and for the choice, quality, and taste of food offered to its patients.

Tracey Wall, Newark Hospital Manager, said: "We are absolutely delighted that Newark Hospital has been rated as excellent in all three areas. These fantastic results reflect the dedication and commitment of all of our staff.

“Staff strive to ensure that all of our patients are cared for in a comfortable and dignified environment as we want patients to feel as contented as possible during their stay with us.

“It is obviously also vital that patients are offered an appealing and nutritious range of food, snacks and beverages and so receiving an excellent rating for our food is also important to us.”