Failing Hospital Trusts to Be ‘Named and Shamed’ in League Tables

Failing hospitals will be named and shamed in league tables and NHS managers sacked if they cannot demonstrate improved patient care and greater control of finances, the government has said. Health Secretary Wes Streeting was expected to tell leaders at an NHS Providers conference in Liverpool that there “will be no more rewards for failure” as he sets out a package of measures aimed at tackling poor performance. NHS England is proposing to carry out a “no holds barred” performance review across England with the results made public in league tables which are regularly updated, in a similar way to school league tables....