New league tables rating the performance of NHS trusts in England have been published for the first time, external, with specialist hospitals taking the top slots.
Number one is Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, followed by the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust and cancer centre the Christie NHS Foundation Trust.
At the bottom is Queen Elizabeth Hospital in King's Lynn, which has had major problems with its buildings because of structural weaknesses and the need for props to hold up ceilings.
Health Secretary Wes Streeting said the tables would help inform the public and allow them to exercise choice - but trusts have questioned whether they were using the right metrics.
The rankings score NHS trusts on seven different areas including waiting times for operations, cancer treatment, time spent in A&E and ambulance response times.
Their finances are also assessed, and it is possible that a hospital rated highly for clinical care will be marked down if they are running up a larger than expected deficit.
They are then sorted into four categories, the first of which reflecting the best performers and the last listing the worst.
The public will be able to use the league tables check the performance of their local hospital, ambulance service or mental health trust.
Source: BBC News, 9 September 2025
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