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2. Top three scores (10, 9 and 8) have been combined to determine the percentage of
people rating the criteria as „important‟, and similarly the bottom three scores (0,1
and 2) are used to determine the percentage of people rating the criteria as „not
important‟.
Both sets of data are shown in Figure 9.43 for each criterion and provide a rank order of
importance.
Criteria for choosing which
hospitals should be major hospitals
Figure 9.43: Results for the importance of the evaluation criteria
Question 22: Please say how important you think each of these criteria (measures) should be
Q22. Please say how important you think each of these criteria (measures) should
in choosing which hospitals should be major hospitals, rating their importance on a scale
be in choosing which hospitals should be major hospitals, rating their importance on
where 10 means a scale „absolutely where 10 vital‟ means and ‟ absolutely 0 means vital‟ „not and important 0 means „ at not all important at all‟
Mean
Clinical quality (4,516)
Patient experience (4,488)
Workforce (4,152)
Distance/Time to access (4,512)
Patient Choice (4,484)
Developing research/
education (4,438)
Expected time to deliver (4,426)
Viable trusts/sites (4,442)
Disruption (4,405)
Capital cost to system (4,458)
Transition costs (4,432)
Fitting in with other strategies (4,413)
Surplus for acute sector (4,370)
Net present value (4,367)
9.42
8.94
8.31
8.48
7.59
7.25
7.15
6.93
6.48
6.68
6.59
6.27
6.29
6.01
Base: All answering question
Source: Ipsos MORI
Figure 9.43 shows the highest ranked criterion for respondents in the decision making
process is „clinical quality‟; 88% cite this as „important‟ and similarly the mean score is
highest at 9.42 because most people have given it a score of nine or ten.
The second ranked criterion is „patient experience‟, with 81% rating this highly and just one
per cent saying it is not important.
The third highest ranked criterion is the „workforce‟; the consultation document (at page 53)
links this to the options that would provide the best workplace for staff. Here, 74% of
respondents consider this aspect important and 2% say it is not important.
When ranked according to the percentage of respondents identifying each criterion as
„important‟, the „distance and time to access services‟ is in fourth place (57%), but is
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