The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has ranked the UK’s hospitals revealing the best and worst-performing health centres.
The verdict comes as Prime Minister Keir Starmer vows to reform the National Health Service (NHS).
Speaking this week, Sir Keir said: “When I arrived as leader of the Labour Party I knew we had to change it. There was a lot of resistance, but we pressed on and did it.
“If there’s one common theme of what I’ve done for a living for some time now it’s coming in and bringing about change. I’m determined we will bring about the change here.”
This also comes as Lord Ara Darzi publishes a report saying that a decade of “unforgivable” damage has left the NHS in a position where it will take four years beyond the next election to recover.
The CQC’s hospital ratings assess how health centres perform in the following categories: Safe, Effective, Caring, Responsive, Well-led.
Hospitals are then rated as Outstanding’, ‘Good’, ‘Requires Improvement’, or ‘Inadequate’.
The CQC found that 22 hospitals in the UK were ‘outstanding’, while 141 were rated as ‘good’.
Meanwhile, 152 were ranked as requiring improvement.
Six hospitals were branded ‘inadequate’, which means the CQC has taken enforcement action against the providers.
The six hospitals rated as ‘inadequate’ were:
The Hillingdon Hospital, Uxbridge
Hull Royal Infirmary, Hull
The York Hospital, York
The Barkantine Centre, London
Blackpool Victoria Hospital, Blackpool
Corbett Hospital, Stourbidge
The 22 hospitals ranked as ‘outstanding’ were:
Royal Surrey County Hospital
East Surrey Hospital
Homerton University Hospital
Frimley Park Hospital
Hexham General Hospital
Queen Charlottes and Chelsea Hospital
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital
King’s Mill Hospital
Conquest Hospital
Fairfield General Hospital
Moorfields Eye Hospital
The Royal Marsden – London
The Royal Marsden – Sutton
Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
The Walton Centre
Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital
Dental Hospital Manchester
Royal Manchester Eye Hospital
Leeds Dental Institute
Thomas Linacre Centre
Dental Hospital
Wansbeck General Hospital
The following hospitals were rated as ‘requiring improvement’.
Luton and Dunstable Hospital
Leicester General Hospital
Leicester Royal Infirmary
Gloucestershire Royal Hospital
Kettering General Hospital
Worcestershire Royal Hospital
Royal Shrewsbury Hospital
The Princess Royal Hospital
Macclesfield District General Hospital
Yeovil District Hospital
Stepping Hill Hospital
Musgrove Park Hospital
Leighton Hospital
Southport and Formby District General Hospital
Ormskirk District General Hospital
Bassetlaw District General Hospital
Doncaster Royal Infirmary
Montagu Hospital, Mexborough
North Middlesex University Hospital
Royal United Hospital Bath
Stroud Maternity Hospital
Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital (Wonford)
North Devon District Hospital
Great Western Hospital
Horton General Hospital
Pinderfields Hospital
Dewsbury and District Hospital
Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital
The County Hospital
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital
Torbay Hospital
Crowborough Birthing Centre
Inspire Neurocare Worcester
Maidstone Hospital
The Tunbridge Wells Hospital at Pembury
Princess Royal Hospital
The Countess of Chester Hospital
St Richard’s Hospital
Worthing Hospital
Royal Sussex County Hospital
Freeman Hospital
Royal Victoria Infirmary
University Hospital Lewisham
Queen Elizabeth Hospital
King George Hospital
Queen’s Hospital
William Harvey Hospital
Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Hospital
Royal Derby Hospital
Queens Hospital
Chorley and South Ribble Hospital
Royal Preston Hospital
Russells Hall Hospital
University Hospital Aintree
New Royal Liverpool University
Cumberland Infirmary
West Cumberland Hospital
George Eliot NHS Hospital
Cheltenham General Hospital
Lister Hospital
Dorset County Hospital
Basildon University Hospital
Broomfield Hospital
Southend University Hospital
Manor Hospital
Poole Hospital
Queen’s Medical Centre
University College Hospital & Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing
Royal Lancaster Infirmary
Furness General Hospital
St George’s Hospital (Tooting)
St James’s University Hospital
Arrowe Park Hospital
Lincoln County Hospital
Saint Mary’s Hospital
Wythenshawe Hospital
North Manchester General Hospital
Chesterfield Royal Hospital
Southampton General Hospital
St Mary’s Hospital
Scarborough Hospital
Royal Stoke University Hospital
The Princess Alexandra Hospital
Peterborough City Hospital
Hinchingbrooke Hospital
James Paget Hospital
Airedale General Hospital
The Royal Free Hospital
Colchester General Hospital
Medway Maritime Hospital
John Radcliffe Hospital
Alexandra Hospital
St Peter’s Hospital
Castle Hill Hospital
Derriford Hospital
Royal Cornwall Hospital
St Austell Hospital – Penrice Birthing Unit
Northampton General Hospital
King’s College Hospital
Croydon University Hospital
South Tyneside District Hospital
Sunderland Royal Hospital
Princess Royal University Hospital
County Hospital
Salford Royal Hospital
Royal Oldham Hospital
Royal Hallamshire Hospital
Northern General Hospital
Jessop Wing
Diana Princess of Wales Hospital
Scunthorpe General Hospital
Glenfield Hospital
Pontefract Hospital
Barking Birth Centre
Whipps Cross University Hospital
The Royal London Hospital
University Hospital of Hartlepool
University Hospital of North Tees
Orpington Hospital
Rotherham General Hospital
Northwick Park Hospital
Ealing Hospital
Pilgrim Hospital
Ashford Hospital
Watford General Hospital
Newham University Hospital
Barnet General Hospital
Westmorland General Hospital
Kent & Canterbury Hospital
West Suffolk Hospital
The Ipswich Hospital
St Albans City Hospital
Hemel Hempstead General Hospital
Victoria Infirmary
Clatterbridge Hospital
Mount Vernon Cancer Centre
Queen Elizabeth II Hospital
Queen Mary’s Hospital
Central Middlesex Hospital
Fleetwood Hospital
Evesham Community Hospital
Charing Cross Hospital
Hammersmith Hospitals
Sandwell General Hospital
Manchester Royal Infirmary
Weston Park Hospital
Hannah House
Ludlow Community Hospital
Mount Gould Hospital
Royal South Hants Hospital
Mount Vernon Hospital
