page_title: Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust
section_title: Performance
hierarchical_section_title: Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust / Performance
caption_attribution_description: English: Four-hour target in the emergency department quarterly figures from NHS England Data from https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/ae-waiting-times-and-activity/
context_page_description: The Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust runs the Royal United Hospital and, since January 2015, the Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases. In 2011, the RUH applied to become authorised as an NHS foundation trust from late Spring 2012, however this was postponed after issues were raised by the Care Quality Commission about aspects of patient care. The process was restarted in 2014. It was authorised as a Foundation Trust in October 2014.
context_section_description: By 2010, the rates of hospital acquired MRSA
  and Clostridium difficile infection were below the national average.
  In 2010, Dr Foster Hospital Guide reported that RUH mortality rates give no cause for concern.
  In 2010, Which? judged that the RUH had the best hospital car parking regime in England.
  It was named by the Health Service Journal as one of the top hundred NHS trusts to work for in 2015.  At that time it had 3,852 full time equivalent staff and a sickness absence rate of 3.85%. It was recommend it as a place for treatment by 75% of staff  and as a place to work by 68%.
  The Consultant Connect service, established at the trust in July 2015, allows GPs to speak directly with a consultant to get specialist advice in real time. It is now widely used across the NHS and has meant that at least 18,500 patients have been spared an outpatient hospital visit.
caption: Four-hour target in the emergency department quarterly figures from NHS England Data from https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/ae-waiting-times-and-activity/
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