IN A serious condition and going downhill fast.

Ministers have delivered their diagnosis of Hampshire's health services and it does not make pleasant reading.

Organisations that provide NHS services - from ambulances and casualty departments to dentists and mental health care - are failing.

Only two out of 13 healthcare organisations in the Daily Echo circulation area received the maximum three stars in the latest NHS performance figures.

Two NHS trusts, which run major hospitals, and three primary care trusts - which fund GPs, dentists and a wide range of community-based services - were stripped of stars.

All were downgraded after failing to hit targets set by the Independent Healthcare Commission.

Health bosses have blamed chronic underfunding for the crisis.

How did the NHS fare in your area?

See pages eight and nine of tonight's Daily Echo.