Patients in Dorset are broadly satisfied with NHS services, according to a new test designed to shine the spotlight on poor care.

The first batch of data from the new Friends and Family test has been released today.

Under the FFT, patients are simply asked whether they would recommend the hospital where they were treated to their loved ones.

Each hospital is then given a score based on patient satisfaction levels. If every single patient says they would be ''extremely likely'' to recommend the service the ward would receive a score of 100.

If every single patient said they would be ''neither unlikely nor likely'', ''unlikely'' or ''extremely unlikely'' to recommend the service, the trust receives a score of minus 100.

Officials create the score for each hospital by subtracting the proportion of negative responses from the positive ones.

The results are published monthly. In June, for inpatient services, Poole Hospital came off worst, with a test score of 59 - rated as poor nationally. 

Of the 160 responses to the FFT, 144 said they were likely or extremely likely to recommend the ward to a friend or family member.  Sixteen said they would not recommend or did not know. 

Bournemouth's inpatient score was 78 - higher than the national average of 72 - and Dorset County Hospital rated 82.

For A&E services, Bournemouth was worst rated of the hospitals in our area, scoring 61. That's still higher than the average across England of 54, and meant that of the 316 responses, 26 said they would not recommend the department or did not know.

The data also breaks the scores down by ward. You can see them all here

More follows later, including scores for April and May.