NHS: Standards
(asked on 5th September 2018) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) NHS trusts and (b) Foundation Trusts have been placed in (i) special measures and (ii) financial special measures in each year since 2012; how many of those Trusts remain in special measures.
Special Measures for Quality was introduced in July 2013 and Special Measures for Finance was introduced in July 2016. The information is shown in the following tables.
Numbers of trusts in Special Measures for Quality, per year
| National Health Service trust | Foundation trust | Total |
Current (as of September 2018) | 7 | 6 | 13 |
2018 (from January to August) | 11 | 6 | 17 |
2017 | 13 | 9 | 22 |
2016 | 12 | 8 | 20 |
2015 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
2014 | 7 | 11 | 18 |
2013 | 6 | 8 | 14 |
2012 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Numbers of trusts in Special Measures for Finance, per year
| NHS trust | Foundation trust | Total |
Current (as of September 2018) | 6 | 5 | 11 |
2018 (from January to August) | 7 | 5 | 12 |
2017 | 8 | 6 | 14 |
2016 | 6 | 1 | 7 |