PATIENTS are being invited to share their experiences of hospital care for a national survey.

Lewisham Hospital NHS Trust is giving a questionnaire to all its adult inpatients, to find out what they think about the standard of care they have received.

The results will then go forward to a national patients' survey which will be published in spring next year by health watchdog the Healthcare Commission.

Lewisham Trust chief executive Claire Perry said: "This is an excellent way for patients to help shape the services we provide in the future.

"Their views are vital in helping us improve."

To find out more about the national survey, visit the website healthcarecommission.org.uk