National award comes at same time as Trust shows that it has met nearly every one of its 2011/12 operational, clinical and financial standards.

In the annual CHKS Top Hospitals awards programme, the Trust has been included in the Top 40 hospitals for England. The rating, which the Trust has received for the first time, is based on an evaluation of 23 key performance standards covering safety, clinical effectiveness, health outcomes, efficiency, patient experience and quality of care.

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Trust awarded two new contracts that from January 2013 will see Bedfordshire and West Essex residents having access to their own local renal dialysis services.

Following a formal tendering and procurement process carried out by the East of England Specialised Commissioning Group, the Trust has been asked to create two new satellite renal dialysis units in Bedford and Harlow. When these two new units open, this will make the Lister-based service by far the biggest renal dialysis service in Eastern England.

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January 2013 should see Bedfordshire and West Essex residents having access to their own local renal dialysis services.

Following a formal tendering and procurement process carried out by the East of England Specialised Commissioning Group, the Trust has been asked to create two new satellite renal dialysis units in Bedford and Harlow. The Trust’s bid was a joint one put forward by its renal dialysis team, working closely with its specialist private sector partner Diaverum UK.

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