Many of our local NHS trusts are on a 'journey of improvement'

BIRMINGHAM Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust said it was 'redoubling its efforts to improve'.

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A spokesman said: "We are disappointed about our ratings in the national framework and especially our position in the national rankings and are firmly committed to improvement in the areas identified.

"Our performance in these ratings and our ranking against other community and mental health trusts is driven by a number of measures, specifically long waits in the neuro-developmental pathway, sickness absence rates, staff survey engagement scores and our financial position at the start of the year.