Primary outcome measures included: the proportion of Trusts reporting to have implemented smoke-free policies; the proportion of Trusts whose policies referred to the buildings only, or the whole premises including grounds; most frequently granted exemptions to smoke-free policies.
50 51 The proportion of trusts in the HES dataset (that we analysed) with records of surgical lung resection was far lower than that reported in a more recent lung cancer audit (18% v 87%).
Main outcome measures comprised the proportions of Trusts reporting smoke-free policy implementation; whether these relate to buildings only or to whole premises including grounds; most frequently reported exemptions; reported and observed frequencies of policy breaches.
Three quarters of parents accept all of the vaccines according to their country's recommended immunization schedule (and a large majority cite it as a top reason to vaccinate), and a similar proportion of parents trust their doctors' or nurses' recommendations regarding vaccinations.
Since those first results, one hospital trust – the Frimley Park foundation trust in Surrey – has been rated outstanding and latest results on the CQC website do show a higher proportion of acute trusts being judged good.
The committee also reports that the proportion of NHS trusts in the red has soared from 10% in 2012-13 to 80% by July, August and September last year.
The proportion of NHS trusts ranked "excellent" for their quality of care had quadrupled, from 4% to 16%, and fewer were ranked "weak".
Secondly, the provision of palliative care services, specialist nurses and nutritional support was variable and in a proportion of NHS trusts was insufficient.
We may conclude that there is an unrepresentatively large proportion of small Trusts in both the best and poorest performing groups.
Let me translate: the same proportion of health consumers trust Walmart, Target and Kroger, and Amazon, Apple and Google, to help them manage their health as they trust their local hospital and doctor to partner with them in health.
The proportion of Americans who trust it is a wretched 7%.
