Risk ratings

Here you can find the current risk ratings for the 144 NHS foundation trusts authorised as at December 2012.

We publish two risk ratings for each NHS foundation trust:

  • financial risk rating (rated 1-5, where 1 represents the highest risk and 5 the lowest); and
  • governance risk rating (rated red, amber-red, amber-green or green).

Foundation trusts' risk ratings are updated each quarter. We also update risk ratings in 'real time' to reflect, for example, a decision to find a trust in significant breach of its terms of authorisation or the Care Quality Commission's regulatory activities. 

You can view the risk ratings for all NHS foundation trusts below, or filter using the A-Z listing. NHS foundation trusts are only allocated risk ratings once they have been authorised for a full quarter.

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Name Finance Governance
2gether NHS Foundation Trust 5Green
5 Boroughs Partnership NHS Foundation Trust 4Green
Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 3Amber - red
Airedale NHS Foundation Trust 3Amber - red
Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust 5Amber - green
Ashford and St. Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 4Green
Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 3Amber - green
Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 3Red
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust 3Green
Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust 4Green
Birmingham Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 4Green
Birmingham Women's NHS Foundation Trust 3Green
Black Country Partnership NHS Foundation Trust 3Green
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 3Green
Bolton NHS Foundation Trust 1Red
Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 3Amber - red
Burton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 2Red
Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust 4Amber - red
Calderstones Partnership NHS Foundation Trust 5Amber - red
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 3Red
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust 3Green
Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust 4Green
Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust 4Green
Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 3Amber - green
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 4Green
Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust 3Green
Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 4Amber - green
City Hospitals Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust 3Amber - red
Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust 4Amber - red
Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust 4Green
Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 3Amber - red
County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust 3Amber - green
Cumbria Partnership NHS Foundation Trust 4Green
Derby Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 3Red
Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust 4Green
Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 3Amber - red
Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 3Green
Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust 5Red
East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust 4Green
East London NHS Foundation Trust 4Green
Frimley Park Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 4Green
Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust 4Amber - red
Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 3Amber - green
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust 4Green
Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 3Green
Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust 4Green
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust 3Amber - red
Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 4Amber - red
Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust 3Green
Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust 3Amber - green
Heatherwood and Wexham Park Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 1Red
Hertfordshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust 3Green
Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 4Amber - green
Humber NHS Foundation Trust 3Green
James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 4Green
Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 1Red
King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 3Green
Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust -Green
Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust 3Green
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 3Green
Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust 4Green
Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust 4Green
Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 3Amber - green
Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust 4Green
Luton and Dunstable Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 3Green
Medway NHS Foundation Trust 3Red
Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 3Green
Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust 1Red
Milton Keynes Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 1Red
Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 4Green
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 4Green
Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust 3Green
North East Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust 5Amber - green
North East London NHS Foundation Trust 3Green
North Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (previously called North Essex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust) 4Green
North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust 3Amber - green
Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust 3Green
Northern Lincolnshire and Goole Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 3Green
Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust 5Green
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust 4Green
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust 4Green
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust 3Green
Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 5Green
Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust 4Green
Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 1Red
Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 3Green
Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 5Amber - green
Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust 4Green
Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust 3Green
Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust 3Amber - red
Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust 3Amber - red
Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust 4Amber - green
Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases NHS Foundation Trust 1Red
Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 3Green
Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust 4Amber - red
Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust 3Amber - green
Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust 5Amber - green
Sheffield Health & Social Care NHS Foundation Trust 5Green
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 4Amber - green
Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 1Red
Somerset Partnership NHS Foundation Trust 3Green
South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust 3Amber - green
South Devon Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust 4Amber - green
South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust 4Green
South Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust 4Green
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust 3Green
South Staffordshire and Shropshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust 4Green
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 3Green
South Tyneside NHS Foundation Trust 2Red
South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust 3Amber - red
South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust 4Green
South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust 4Green
Southend University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 3Red
Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust (previously called Hampshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust) 3Amber - green
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust 3Red
Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust 4Green
Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust 3Green
Tameside Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 2Red
Taunton and Somerset NHS Foundation Trust 3Green
Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust 4Green
Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust 4Green
The Christie NHS Foundation Trust 5Green
The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust 4Green
The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust 3Green
The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 3Green
The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 5Green
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King’s Lynn, NHS Foundation Trust 3Red
The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 3Amber - red
The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust 2Red
The Royal Bournemouth & Christchurch Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 3Green
The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust 4Green
The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 5Amber - green
The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust 4Green
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 3Amber - red
University Hospital of South Manchester NHS Foundation Trust 3Amber - green
University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust 3Amber - red
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust 3Amber - red
University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust 3Red
University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust 1Red
Warrington and Halton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 3Green
West Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust --
West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust 3Amber - red
Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 4Green
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust 3Green
Yeovil District Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 3Green
York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 3Amber - green

Key

Financial risk rating

  • highest risk - high probability of significant breach of authorisation in short-term, e.g. <12 months, unless remedial action is taken
  • risk of significant breach in medium-term, e.g. 12 to 18 months, in absence of remedial action
  • regulatory concerns in one or more components. Significant breach unlikely
  • no regulatory concerns
  • lowest risk - no regulatory concerns

Governance risk rating

  • Red - Likely or actual significant breach of terms of authorisation
  • Amber-red - Material concerns surrounding terms of authorisation
  • Amber-green - Limited concerns surrounding terms of authorisation
  • Green - No material concerns