MENTAL health bosses in Oxfordshire will launch their own review after a national survey said the trust was one of the worst performing in the country.

The Care Quality Commission carried out a survey of patients at 66 mental health trusts, including the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust.

The national survey quizzed 7,527 patients, aged 16 to 65, who stayed on an acute ward or a psychiatric intensive care unit for at least 48 hours between July 1 last year and December 31.

The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire trust was in the worst performing 20 per cent of trusts when patients were asked the question: “Overall, how would you rate the care you received during your recent stay in hospital?”

The trust also came in the worst performing 20 per cent regarding plans for patients’ discharge, and the provision of information for patients about how they could get help after they leave hospital.

The trust was also in the worst performing 20 per cent when it came to patients being bothered at night by noise from hospital staff.

Nationwide, it emerged that there was a lack of activities available for inpatients, with 35 per cent saying there was too little to do on weekdays, and 54 per cent reporting that there were not enough activities in the evenings or at weekends.

Julie Waldron, chief executive of the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire trust, said changes had been implemented after the survey made its findings.

She added: “The patients feel they need more time with the staff and that is improving.

“We have two hours a day when nothing is happening apart from staff having direct time with the patients.

“Patient expectation is rising. I am sure that when we are resurveyed we will be doing much better.

“We will be doing our own review to supplement the findings of the Care Quality Commission.”