Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Found-ation Trust — which runs King’s Mill and Mansfield Community hospitals — has been named as one of the Top Hospitals for 2017 by CHKS, an accolade awarded to the best performing CHKS client trusts.

The Top Hospitals award is one of several that are part of the CHKS Top Hospitals programme.

The award is based on the evaluation of more than 20 key performance indicators covering safety, clinical effectiveness, health outcomes, efficiency, patient experience and quality of care.

Sherwood Forest Hospitals chief executive Peter Herring said: “Staff should be proud of what we have achieved during our recent improvement journey.”

Pictured, from left, are the managing director of Capita Healthcare Decisions, Andy Lockwood; Sherwood Forest Hospitals medical director Andy Haynes and Sherwood Forest Hospitals director of strategic planning, Peter Wozencroft.