PERFORMANCE: Berkshire patients are more likely to recommend Heatherwood Hospital than Wexham Park, feedback from NHS Choices has shown.
Two thirds of patients said they would recommend the trust’s major acute site at Wexham Park, compared with 90 per cent for Heatherwood, which does not have a full emergency department and provides some inpatient services along with diagnostics and outpatient work.
July 2012
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