Risk ratings

Here you can find the risk ratings for the 122 NHS foundation trusts authorised as at the second quarter of 2009-10.

We publish three risk ratings for each NHS foundation trust:

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

Foundation trusts are only allocated risk ratings once they have been authorised for a full quarter.

You can view risk ratings for all NHS foundation trusts below, or filter using the A-Z listing. 

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Name Finance Governance Mandatory Services
2gether NHS Foundation Trust (formerly known as Gloucestershire Partnership) 4governance arrangements comply with authorisationmandatory services comply with authorisation
5 Boroughs Partnership NHS Foundation Trust 0-mandatory services comply with authorisation
Aintree University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 3concerns about one or more aspects of governancemandatory services comply with authorisation
Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust 4concerns about one or more aspects of governancemandatory services comply with authorisation
Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 3governance arrangements comply with authorisationmandatory services comply with authorisation
Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 4concern that issue(s) significantly breaches authorisationmandatory services comply with authorisation
Basingstoke and North Hampshire NHS Foundation Trust 3governance arrangements comply with authorisationmandatory services comply with authorisation
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust 3governance arrangements comply with authorisationmandatory services comply with authorisation
Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust 4governance arrangements comply with authorisationmandatory services comply with authorisation
Birmingham Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 4concerns about one or more aspects of governancemandatory services comply with authorisation
Birmingham Women's NHS Foundation Trust 3concerns about one or more aspects of governancemandatory services comply with authorisation
Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 3concerns about one or more aspects of governancemandatory services comply with authorisation
Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 4governance arrangements comply with authorisationmandatory services comply with authorisation
Burton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 4concerns about one or more aspects of governancemandatory services comply with authorisation
Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust 4governance arrangements comply with authorisationmandatory services comply with authorisation
Calderstones Partnership NHS Foundation Trust 4governance arrangements comply with authorisationmandatory services comply with authorisation
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 3concerns about one or more aspects of governancemandatory services comply with authorisation
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust 3governance arrangements comply with authorisationmandatory services comply with authorisation
Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust 4governance arrangements comply with authorisationmandatory services comply with authorisation
Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust 4governance arrangements comply with authorisationmandatory services comply with authorisation
Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 3governance arrangements comply with authorisationmandatory services comply with authorisation
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 3governance arrangements comply with authorisationmandatory services comply with authorisation
Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust 3governance arrangements comply with authorisationmandatory services comply with authorisation
Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 5governance arrangements comply with authorisationmandatory services comply with authorisation
City Hospitals Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust 3governance arrangements comply with authorisationmandatory services comply with authorisation
Clatterbridge Centre for Oncology NHS Foundation Trust 5concerns about one or more aspects of governancemandatory services comply with authorisation
Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust 5concern that issue(s) significantly breaches authorisationmandatory services comply with authorisation
Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust 0-mandatory services comply with authorisation
Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 3concerns about one or more aspects of governancemandatory services comply with authorisation
County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust 3concerns about one or more aspects of governancemandatory services comply with authorisation
Cumbria Partnership NHS Foundation Trust 5concerns about one or more aspects of governancemandatory services comply with authorisation
Derby Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 3concerns about one or more aspects of governancemandatory services comply with authorisation
Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 3governance arrangements comply with authorisationmandatory services comply with authorisation
Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 1concern that issue(s) significantly breaches authorisationmandatory services comply with authorisation
Dorset Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust 5governance arrangements comply with authorisationmandatory services comply with authorisation
East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust 4concern that issue(s) significantly breaches authorisationmandatory services comply with authorisation
East London NHS Foundation Trust 3governance arrangements comply with authorisationmandatory services comply with authorisation
Frimley Park Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 4concerns about one or more aspects of governancemandatory services comply with authorisation
Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust 4governance arrangements comply with authorisationmandatory services comply with authorisation
Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 3concern that issue(s) significantly breaches authorisationmandatory services comply with authorisation
Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 4concerns about one or more aspects of governancemandatory services comply with authorisation
Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust 4governance arrangements comply with authorisationmandatory services comply with authorisation
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust 3governance arrangements comply with authorisationmandatory services comply with authorisation
Hampshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust 4governance arrangements comply with authorisationmandatory services comply with authorisation
Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust 4governance arrangements comply with authorisationmandatory services comply with authorisation
Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust 3concern that issue(s) significantly breaches authorisationmandatory services comply with authorisation
Heatherwood and Wexham Park Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 1concern that issue(s) significantly breaches authorisationmandatory services comply with authorisation
Hertfordshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust 4governance arrangements comply with authorisationmandatory services comply with authorisation
Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 4concerns about one or more aspects of governancemandatory services comply with authorisation
Humber NHS Foundation Trust 0-mandatory services comply with authorisation
James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 4governance arrangements comply with authorisationmandatory services comply with authorisation
Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 4governance arrangements comply with authorisationmandatory services comply with authorisation
King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 3concerns about one or more aspects of governancemandatory services comply with authorisation
Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust 3governance arrangements comply with authorisationmandatory services comply with authorisation
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 3concerns about one or more aspects of governancemandatory services comply with authorisation
Leeds Partnerships NHS Foundation Trust 4governance arrangements comply with authorisationmandatory services comply with authorisation
Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust 4governance arrangements comply with authorisationmandatory services comply with authorisation
Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 0-mandatory services comply with authorisation
Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust 4governance arrangements comply with authorisationmandatory services comply with authorisation
Luton and Dunstable Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 3concerns about one or more aspects of governancemandatory services comply with authorisation
Medway NHS Foundation Trust 3concerns about one or more aspects of governancemandatory services comply with authorisation
Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 5concerns about one or more aspects of governancemandatory services comply with authorisation
Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust 2concern that issue(s) significantly breaches authorisationmandatory services comply with authorisation
Milton Keynes Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 3concern that issue(s) significantly breaches authorisationmandatory services comply with authorisation
Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 4governance arrangements comply with authorisationmandatory services comply with authorisation
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 4concerns about one or more aspects of governancemandatory services comply with authorisation
Norfolk and Waveney Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust 4governance arrangements comply with authorisationmandatory services comply with authorisation
North East London NHS Foundation Trust 4governance arrangements comply with authorisationmandatory services comply with authorisation
North Essex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust 4governance arrangements comply with authorisationmandatory services comply with authorisation
North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust 4concerns about one or more aspects of governancemandatory services comply with authorisation
Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust 3governance arrangements comply with authorisationmandatory services comply with authorisation
Northern Lincolnshire and Goole Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 4concerns about one or more aspects of governancemandatory services comply with authorisation
Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust 0-mandatory services comply with authorisation
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust 4governance arrangements comply with authorisationmandatory services comply with authorisation
Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust 4governance arrangements comply with authorisationmandatory services comply with authorisation
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust 4governance arrangements comply with authorisationmandatory services comply with authorisation
Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 4governance arrangements comply with authorisationmandatory services comply with authorisation
Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust 5governance arrangements comply with authorisationmandatory services comply with authorisation
Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 3concerns about one or more aspects of governancemandatory services comply with authorisation
Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 3governance arrangements comply with authorisationmandatory services comply with authorisation
Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 4governance arrangements comply with authorisationmandatory services comply with authorisation
Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust 4governance arrangements comply with authorisationmandatory services comply with authorisation
Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust 3concerns about one or more aspects of governancemandatory services comply with authorisation
Royal Bolton Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 3concerns about one or more aspects of governancemandatory services comply with authorisation
Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust 4governance arrangements comply with authorisationmandatory services comply with authorisation
Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust 4governance arrangements comply with authorisationmandatory services comply with authorisation
Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases NHS Foundation Trust 2concern that issue(s) significantly breaches authorisationmandatory services comply with authorisation
Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 0-mandatory services comply with authorisation
Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust 4concerns about one or more aspects of governancemandatory services comply with authorisation
Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust 3concerns about one or more aspects of governancemandatory services comply with authorisation
Sandwell Mental Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust 3concerns about one or more aspects of governancemandatory services comply with authorisation
Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust 4concerns about one or more aspects of governancemandatory services comply with authorisation
Sheffield Health & Social Care NHS Foundation Trust 4governance arrangements comply with authorisationmandatory services comply with authorisation
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 4concerns about one or more aspects of governancemandatory services comply with authorisation
Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 3concerns about one or more aspects of governancemandatory services comply with authorisation
Somerset Partnership NHS Foundation Trust 3governance arrangements comply with authorisationmandatory services comply with authorisation
South Devon Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust 4governance arrangements comply with authorisationmandatory services comply with authorisation
South Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust 5governance arrangements comply with authorisationmandatory services comply with authorisation
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust 4governance arrangements comply with authorisationmandatory services comply with authorisation
South Staffordshire and Shropshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust 4governance arrangements comply with authorisationmandatory services comply with authorisation
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 4governance arrangements comply with authorisationmandatory services comply with authorisation
South Tyneside NHS Foundation Trust 4governance arrangements comply with authorisationmandatory services comply with authorisation
South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust 0-mandatory services comply with authorisation
South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust 4governance arrangements comply with authorisationmandatory services comply with authorisation
Southend University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 5governance arrangements comply with authorisationmandatory services comply with authorisation
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust 3governance arrangements comply with authorisationmandatory services comply with authorisation
Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust 3governance arrangements comply with authorisationmandatory services comply with authorisation
Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust 4governance arrangements comply with authorisationmandatory services comply with authorisation
Tameside Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 3governance arrangements comply with authorisationmandatory services comply with authorisation
Taunton and Somerset NHS Foundation Trust 4concerns about one or more aspects of governancemandatory services comply with authorisation
Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust 4governance arrangements comply with authorisationmandatory services comply with authorisation
Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust 3governance arrangements comply with authorisationmandatory services comply with authorisation
The Christie NHS Foundation Trust 4concerns about one or more aspects of governancemandatory services comply with authorisation
The Dudley Group of Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 5concern that issue(s) significantly breaches authorisationmandatory services comply with authorisation
The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 4concerns about one or more aspects of governancemandatory services comply with authorisation
The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust 4concerns about one or more aspects of governancemandatory services comply with authorisation
The Royal Bournemouth & Christchurch Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 4governance arrangements comply with authorisationmandatory services comply with authorisation
The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust 4governance arrangements comply with authorisationmandatory services comply with authorisation
The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 5governance arrangements comply with authorisationmandatory services comply with authorisation
The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust 4concerns about one or more aspects of governancemandatory services comply with authorisation
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 3concerns about one or more aspects of governancemandatory services comply with authorisation
University Hospital of South Manchester NHS Foundation Trust 3concern that issue(s) significantly breaches authorisationmandatory services comply with authorisation
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust 4governance arrangements comply with authorisationmandatory services comply with authorisation
University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust 4concern that issue(s) significantly breaches authorisationmandatory services comply with authorisation
Warrington and Halton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 4governance arrangements comply with authorisationmandatory services comply with authorisation
Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 4concerns about one or more aspects of governancemandatory services comply with authorisation
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust 3concern that issue(s) significantly breaches authorisationmandatory services comply with authorisation
Yeovil District Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 4governance arrangements comply with authorisationmandatory services comply with authorisation
York Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 3concerns about one or more aspects of governancemandatory services comply with authorisation

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

  • concern that issue(s) significantly breaches authorisation
  • concerns about one or more aspects of governance
  • governance arrangements comply with authorisation

Mandatory services risk rating

  • concern that issue(s) significantly breaches authorisation
  • concerns about one or more aspects of mandatory services
  • mandatory services comply with authorisation