Patients at King’s Mill Hospitals’ Emergency Department in Sutton have reported that they are some of the most respected patients in the region and are receiving some of the best care and treatment according to the latest independent Care Quality Commission Urgent and Emergency Care patient survey.

Sherwood Forest Hospitals Trust, which runs the hospital, scored well for the way doctors and nurses treat patients in its Emergency Department (8.5 out of 10), the care and treatment they received (8.4 out of 10), the environment and facilities (8.6 out of 10) and the respect and dignity patients receive (9.2 out of 10).

Patients across the country in 132 NHS acute trusts were surveyed about their experiences of urgent and emergency care, scoring trusts out of 10 across a range of areas, with 288 patients responding to the survey from Sherwood Forest Hospitals Emergency Department.

Patients who attended Newark Hospital’s Urgent Care Centre (UCC) were also surveyed, with the UCC also scoring well for overall experience (8.8 out of 10), respect and dignity (9.5 out of 10) and for healthcare professionals (9.1 out of 10).

The Urgent Care Centre was scored separately due to it being classed as a Type 3 service (urgent care centres, urgent treatment centres and minor injuries units) and was one of 63 trusts that were surveyed across the country, with 137 patients from Newark Hospital’s Urgent Care Centre responding to the survey.

The UCC at Newark also scored better than most trusts for helping to control patients’ pain and making sure patients did not feel threatened by other patients and visitors.

Divisional General Manager for Urgent and Emergency Care at the trust, Siobhan Favier, said: “We are really pleased with the results which indicate that our patients are getting good care in our Emergency Department at King’s Mill Hospital and Urgent Care Centre at Newark.

“We would like to thank our staff for their continued high standards of care and compassion during what has been and continues to be a very busy time.

“We know that there is still work to do to improve things like waiting times and making sure we are taking into account our patients’ home situation before they are discharged from ED and we continue to work hard with our healthcare partners to improve these.

“However, it is really pleasing to see that we have scored so well on patients overall experience and respect and dignity.”