Underperforming NHS hospitals to be named and shamed in league tables in bid to end rewards for failure
Failing hospitals will be named and shamed in league tables and NHS managers sacked if they cannot improve patient care and take control of finances, the health secretary will say on Wednesday.
Wes Streeting will tell leaders at the NHS Providers conference in Liverpool there “will be no more rewards for failure” as he sets out a package of measures aimed at tackling poor performance.
NHS England will carry out a “no holds barred” review of NHS performance across England with the results made public in league tables which are regularly updated.
NHS leaders and experts have warned the health secretary’s announcements – such as “naming and shaming” NHS leaders, will have unintended consequences and risk getting the health system into a mess.