The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust has been rated ‘very good’ or ‘excellent’ by 92 per cent of cancer patients.

Quality Health, a national contractor which carries out surveys for the NHS, questioned 62 cancer patients at the Stanmore hospital.

Of these patients, 92 per cent rated the care they received as ‘excellent’ or ‘very good’, this compares to 85 per cent at NHS Trusts nationally.

However, there were still areas in which the hospital could improve.

For example, only 48 per cent of patients said they were given advice on getting financial support and only 58 per cent believed their family had been given the opportunity to talk to doctors.

Julie Woodford, Macmillan nurse consultant and lead cancer nurse, said the survey results were extremely positive, particularly as the patient feedback is improving year on year.

She said: “We have worked hard, since we obtained feedback from the first patient survey in 2010, to improve our cancer services by addressing the areas of concern that have been highlighted.

“We will continue to try to improve the services we provide as it is our priority to ensure that patients are treated with the utmost dignity and respect during what is a very difficult period in their lives.

“It is fantastic that areas in which we scored close to the highest performing Trust include patients having confidence and trust in all doctors treating them, hospital staff did everything to help control pain all of the time, they felt they were told sensitively that they had cancer and the clinical nurse specialist definitely listened carefully.

“There are, of course, areas for improvement and we will continue to address them so that we can ensure the RNOH provides the best possible service to our cancer patients.”