The Department for Health has published new performance league tables today which show that four in five NHS hospital trusts are failing, either because they are running substantial deficits or they are not meeting their performance targets.

These league tables are the first of their kind to be published and were brought in by Wes Streeting with the aim of improving performance. Trusts which do well will be rewarded with bonuses and more freedom to decide how to spend their resources, whilst leaders of trusts which consistently fail to improve will have their salaries frozen.

The real reason that NHS trusts in cities like London perform better is the same reason that accountancy firms and legal practices perform better in London – they attract the highest quality staff

The league tables

See Full Page