The NHS Trust running community hospitals in Exeter and mid and east Devon has been rated highly in a report on how well the health service's performance tallies with what patients consider important.
The report identified 10 factors which include how long people have to wait for operations, the risk of getting an infection and whether they have to share wards with people of the opposite sex.
The Northern Devon NHS Trust was ranked eleventh out of a hundred and 46 trusts
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