Overview

• The Care Quality Commission published trust-by-trust rankings for all 134 NHS hospital trusts in England, putting performance data into the public domain.
• An audit reported that chiefs at the ten lowest-ranked trusts all earned more than the Prime Minister, with examples including Andrew Hardy on £275,000–£280,000 and Jonathan Brotherton with total remuneration exceeding £400,000.
• Health Secretary Wes Streeting reaffirmed plans to dock pay by up to £15,000, remove leaders at persistently failing trusts, and offer recruitment bonuses of up to £45,000 to bring in proven turnaround chiefs.
• The CQC report highlighted corridor care as a regrettable reality and logged reports of patients’ health worsening while waiting for elective treatment.
• The rankings placed Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King’s Lynn as worst overall, identified Mid and South Essex as the lowest-performing large trust, listed the Countess of Chester in the bottom ten, and noted Blackpool Teaching Hospitals is under police investigation for possible corporate offences.