Launch of MyNHS

Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has launched MyNHS, a new site on NHS Choices where users can compare the performance of their local NHS hospital, their care services and their local authority with up-to-date information.

The launch comes one year after the government’s response to the Francis Inquiry on Mid Staffordshire and is the first time such a wide range of performance indicators has been made available to the public in this way.

MyNHS includes simple, searchable data on food quality, staffing, patient safety and mental health, along with other areas of care.

Data has been added to MyNHS since September and users are now able to search consultant outcome data on NHS Choices, which completes the first phase of the site.

The data will allow users to better see and measure progress in health outcomes and will become an increasingly powerful resource for patients, doctors and local NHS commissioners of these services.

From early December, patients will also be able to see the Care Quality Commission’s individual risk rating for GP practices. Over time, more data will be added, including one-year and year-year cancer survival rates for NHS trusts.

To access MyNHS visit www.nhs.uk/Service-Search/performance/search.