Hospital Safety Grades Out — See Where Middlesex Ranks

MIDDLETOWN, CT — So how safe is the local hospital for Middletown residents?

Very safe, according to a new hospital safety report released Thursday. It shows 50 percent of Connecticut's hospitals earned "A" grades based on their ability to protect their patients from often preventable harm and Middlesex Hospital was one of them.

Middlesex received an elite "Straight A" grade.

Among those hospitals cited in The Leapfrog Group’s Spring 2025 Hospital Safety Grades, 29 percent in Connecticut were designated "Straight A" hospitals for sustaining their top scores for five or more consecutive grading periods. Nationwide, 346 hospitals — 12 percent of all eligible hospitals — were named to this select group.

The biannual reports from the independent hospital safety watchdog group assigns grade of "A" through "F" to all U.S. general hospitals based on how well they prevent medical errors, accidents, injuries and infections. These mistakes harm one in four hospital patients and cause as many as 250,000 deaths every year.

Connecticut ranks No. 4 among all states for the percentage of hospitals receiving "A" grades in the spring 2025 report card. In the fall rankings, Connecticut ranked No. 3 on the fall report card.

The elite "Straight A" hospitals in Connecticut cited for consistently high safety performance are:

• Stamford Health, Stamford
• MidState Medical Center, Meriden
• Middlesex Hospital, Middletown
• Windham Community Memorial Hospital, Willimantic
• The William W. Backus Hospital, Norwich
• Hartford Hospital, Hartford
• St. Vincent's Medical Center, Bridgeport
• University of Connecticut Health Center, John Dempsey Hospital, Farmington

Other "A" hospitals in Connecticut are:

• Sharon Hospital, Sharon
• Johnson Memorial Hospital, Stafford Springs
• Saint Mary's Hospital, Waterbury
• Greenwich Hospital, Greenwich
• Danbury Hospital, Danbury
• The Hospital of Central Connecticut, New Britain

Hospitals receiving a "B" safety grade in Connecticut are:

• Bridgeport Hospital
• Bridgeport Hospital Milford Campus
• Charlotte Hungerford Hospital
• Griffin Hospital
• Lawrence and Memorial Hospital
• Norwalk Hospital
• Yale-New Haven Hospital St. Raphael Campus

Hospitals receiving a "C" safety grade in Connecticut are:

• Bristol Health
• Day Kimball Hospital
• Manchester Memorial Hospital
• New Milford Hospital
• St. Francis Hospital & Medical Center
• Waterbury Hospital
• Yale-New Haven Hospital