Box 3.

Key performance indicators of Guy's and StĀ Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust.

  • Dr Foster London Trust of the Year in 2013 for safe care.

  • Shortlisted in the quality of care category of the 2015 CHKS Top Hospitals Awards.

  • Consistently one of the lowest mortality rates in the NHS in England, including out of hours and at weekends.

  • One of the best performing acute trusts in the NHS for infection prevention.

  • Consistently rated above the national average by patients completing the Friends and Family Test, which asks patients to say whether they would recommend the Trust to their loved ones if they needed hospital treatment.

  • Third best acute trust in England for staff engagement in 2014/15 (and in the top 20% for five years running), according to the results of the national NHS staff survey.

  • Well above the national average on staff recommendation of the Trust as a place to work and a place to receive treatment, according to the quarterly Staff Friends and Family Test.

  • Staff believing that care of patients is the Trust's top priority is now 86%, according to the results of the national NHS staff survey (FigĀ 2).