. ▁ ▁That ▁would ▁depend ▁on ▁the ▁terms ▁of ▁the ▁provider ' s ▁contract . ▁ ▁Sp ire ▁Health care ▁compla ined ▁to ▁Mon itor ▁( N HS ) ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 3 ▁that ▁the ▁C lin ical ▁Commission ing ▁Gr oups ▁in ▁Black pool , ▁and ▁in ▁F yl de ▁and ▁Wy re ▁were ▁not ▁doing ▁enough ▁to ▁encou rage ▁patient ▁choice , ▁but ▁their ▁compla int ▁was ▁dismiss ed ▁in ▁September ▁ 2 0 1 4 . ▁ ▁Compar ing ▁hosp it als ▁It ▁is ▁intended ▁that ▁patients ▁can ▁choose ▁the ▁hospital ▁they ▁are ▁seen ▁in ▁by ▁comparing ▁clin ical ▁quality , ▁waiting ▁times , ▁location ▁and ▁other ▁patients ' ▁opinions . ▁In ▁order ▁to ▁enable ▁patients ▁to ▁compare ▁and ▁choose ▁hosp it als ▁the ▁national ▁N HS ▁website ▁established ▁a ▁hospital ▁comparison ▁tool . ▁The ▁information ▁that ▁users ▁can ▁access ▁to ▁compare ▁hospital ▁performance ▁can ▁include : ▁ ▁The ▁number ▁of ▁procedures ▁carried ▁out ▁ ▁Wait ing ▁times ▁ ▁A verage ▁time ▁spent ▁in ▁hospital ▁ ▁Pat ient ▁out comes ▁( Read mission ▁rates ) ▁ ▁R ates ▁of ▁in fection ▁ ▁Over all ▁hospital ▁performance ▁( C are ▁Qu ality ▁Commission ▁Statistics ) ▁ ▁What ▁patients ▁say ▁about ▁their ▁overall ▁care ▁ ▁What ▁visitors ▁to ▁www . n hs . uk ▁say ▁ ▁Results ▁from ▁the ▁national ▁survey ▁of ▁in pat ients ▁ ▁Qu ality ▁of ▁food ▁ ▁Car ▁par king ▁ ▁Dis abled ▁access ▁ ▁Using ▁the ▁hospital ▁comparison ▁tool ▁is ▁supposed ▁to ▁be ▁quite ▁simple