The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has published information on every NHS Trust that provides mental health services in England to show the public how it decides which services it will inspect next and what it will focus on.
The information is based on its analysis of 59 different sources of evidence – from concerns raised by healthcare staff, and bed occupancy rates, to staff and patient surveys.
Of the 57 NHS Trusts that provide mental health services in England, the Commission has placed 40 into bands one to four (highest perceived risk to lowest perceived risk), of which over a third are in band four, and five in band one.
The CQC said: “This analysis shows that the majority of NHS Trusts providing mental health services in England appear to be of low concern. While this is not a judgment of their performance, it is a positive indication about what the quality of their care could be like. CQC will use this analysis to guide its inspections from April.”