NHS Foundation Trusts

Risk Ratings

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Risk ratings for NHS foundation trusts are set annually, based on information supplied to Monitor in annual plans. These ratings are reviewed quarterly, based on quarterly monitoring returns.

There were 89 NHS foundation trusts authorised at 31 March 2008. Their risk ratings for finance, governance and mandatory services, based on their annual plan 2008/09 are shown below.

A further 18 NHS foundation trusts have been authorised since 31 March 2008. Their risk ratings will be shown after they have submitted a quarterly return.

NHS Foundation Trust	Risk ratings (use arrows to sort by rating)
Sort alphabetically	Finance	Governance	Mandatory services
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Aintree University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	5
Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust	-	-	-
Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	4
Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	5
Basingstoke and North Hampshire NHS Foundation Trust	5
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust	3
Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust	-	-	-
Birmingham Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	5
Birmingham Women's NHS Foundation Trust	4
Blackpool Fylde and Wyre Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	5
Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	4
Burton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	-	-	-
Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust	4
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	4
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust	4		-
Camden and Islington NHS Foundation trust	4
Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust	4
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	5
Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust	3
Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	5
City Hospitals Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust	2
Clatterbridge Centre for Oncology NHS Foundation Trust	5
Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust	4		-
Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	4
County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust	3
Cumbria Partnership NHS Foundation Trust	4
Derby Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	5
Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	3
Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	4
Dorset Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust	5
East London NHS Foundation Trust	3
Frimley Park Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	5
Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust	5
Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	3
Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust	4
Guy's and St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust	4
Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust	5
Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust	5
Heatherwood and Wexham Park Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	5
Hertfordshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust	4
Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	5
James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	4
Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	-	-	-
King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	4
Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust	4
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	4
Leeds Partnerships NHS Foundation Trust	3
Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust	4
Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust	4
Luton and Dunstable Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	4
Medway NHS Foundation Trust	3		-
Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS foundation Trust	4		-
Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust	3
Milton Keynes Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	3
Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	4
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	3		-
Norfolk and Waveney Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust	4
North East London NHS Foundation Trust	4		-
North Essex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust	4
North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust	4
Northern Lincolnshire and Goole Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	4
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust	5
Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust	4		-
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust	4
Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	5
Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust	-	-	-
Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	4
Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	4
Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	5
Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust	4
Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust	5
Royal Bolton Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	-	-	-
Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust	4
Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases NHS Foundation Trust	2
Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust	5
Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust	4
Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation	5
Sheffield Health & Social Care NHS Foundation Trust	-	-	-
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	4
Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	5
Somerset Partnership NHS Foundation Trust	4		-
South Devon Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust	4
South Essex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust	5
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust	4
South Staffordshire and Shropshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust	4
South Tyneside NHS Foundation Trust	3
Southend University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	5
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust	4
Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust	3		-
Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust	-	-	-
Tameside Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	3
Taunton and Somerset NHS Foundation Trust	4
Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust	4
Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust	-	-	-
The Christie NHS Foundation Trust	5
The Dudley Group of Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	-	-	-
The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	4
The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust	4
The Royal Bournemouth & Christchurch Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	5
The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust	4
The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	5
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	3
University Hospital of South Manchester NHS Foundation Trust	4
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust	5
University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust	4		-
Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	3
Yeovil District Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	4
York Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	5
²gether NHS Foundation Trust (formerly known as Gloucestershire Partnership)	4

- hyphen indicates that a newly authorised NHS foundation trust has not been given a risk rating

* asterix indicates an NHS foundation trust has not been assigned a risk rating pending further analysis