Body for NHS HR defends hospital grading system

The body representing HR professionals in the NHS has def-ended the
star-rating scheme for grading hospital performances.

This year, more acute hospitals received the highest three-star rating – 53
out of 176, compared with 45 in 2002. However, more acute trusts received zero
stars – 14 compared with 10 last year.

The British Medical Association claims the ratings "measure little more
than hospitals’ ability to meet political targets".

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Unison’s head of health Karen Jennings warned that the way ratings are
assessed is too crude.

But Peter King, executive officer of the Association of Healthcare Human
Resource Manage- ment, said: "It can be dispiriting to be in an
organisation with no stars, but there is some evidence this can help to focus a
team… to improve matters."