He maintained that costs would come down by improving the quality of care and the overall efficiency of the system.

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The Care Quality Commission (CQC) rated the trust as "good" overall in October.

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''Good care, treatment and support must be accompanied by services to improve the person's overall quality of life.

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The confederation asked a number of questions - you can read them all here - and concluded that overall, "while concerns remain over the centralisation of specialist services, people still overwhelmingly prioritise the quality of hospital care over the time it takes to get there".

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