Before becoming a foundation trust in 2004, the trust received top 3-star rating in the former national performance charts.
In 2016, the CQC rated the hospital as requiring improvement.

The Trust lost the contract for sexual health services when Cheshire West and Chester Council awarded it to East Cheshire NHS Trust in December 2014.

In 2015/6 it cancelled urgent operations 37 times - the highest number of any NHS trust in England.
Before becoming a foundation trust in 2004, the trust received top 3-star rating in the former national performance charts. In 2016, the CQC rated the hospital as requiring improvement.
The Trust lost the contract for sexual health services when Cheshire West and Chester Council awarded it to East Cheshire NHS Trust in December 2014.
In 2015/6 it cancelled urgent operations 37 times - the highest number of any NHS trust in England.
Countess of Chester Hospital