The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is an independent body, set up to promote and drive improvement in the quality of healthcare and public health.

The annual health check is the CQC's yearly assessment of the performance of NHS healthcare organisations in England.

The CQC assess the performance of NHS organisations by looking at two key areas:

• Quality of services, which covers a range of areas including patient saftey, cleanliness and waiting times
  
• Use of resources, which looks at how well an organisation manages its finances.

NHS Suffolk was rated as “good” in both categories for 2008/09... read more. To view results results for previous years please click here

This report is the most comprehensive assessment of the NHS undertaken, and includes ratings for every NHS trust in England. To find out more about 'annual health checks' and how the CQC rates performance please visit www.cqc.org.uk