None of the NHS’s hospitals feature in league table of world’s 25 best – with London’s St Thomas’ considered the UK’s best at 41st
- Top spots were dominated by hospitals in the US, alongside Germany and France
- Britain’s top entry on the rankings was number 41 with a hospital in London
- Campaigners said it was ‘disappointing’ to see the UK rank so low on the charts
None of the NHS’s hospitals feature in a list of the world’s 25 best, according to a league table released today.
Top spots were dominated by hospitals in the US, with sites in Canada, Germany, France, Sweden and Israel also featuring in the ten best.
Britain’s first entry on the global rankings — compiled by Newsweek and Statista — wasn’t until 41, with London’s St Thomas’ Hospital.
Plymouth’s Derriford Hospital came bottom of the pile when the analysis was broken down to just sites in the UK.
Campaigners today blasted the NHS results as ‘disappointing’ and said they ‘raised serious questions’ about Britain’s health service.
But bosses at the Department of Health said they were ‘proud of the excellent care provided’ by the NHS.
The above shows the ten best and worst NHS hospitals in the UK. The best were most located in the capital, although two were also in Newcastle. The worst were dotted across the country
The annual World’s Best Hospitals table, which has now been running for four years, ranks 2,200 hospitals in 27 countries, including Brazil, India, Thailand, Saudi Arabia and Colombia.
Each hospital analysed is given a score from 0 to 100. Not all of the NHS’s hospitals were included in the snapshot.
It is based on surveys from 80,000 medical experts and thousands of patients. Key performance indicators — such as waiting times and the ratio of doctors to patients — are also taken into account.
Below are the ten best hospitals globally, according to Newsweek and Statista:
Hospital
1. Mayo Cl., Roch.
2. Cleveland Clinic
3. Mass. Hosp.
4. Toronto General
5. Charite, Berlin
6. J. Hopkins Hosp.
7. AP-HP, Paris
8. Karolinska Uni.
9. UCLA Health
10. Sheba Medical
Country
US
US
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Canada
Germany
US
France
Sweden
US
Israel
Newsweek says that scores are only comparable between hospitals in the same country, because they are based on the same performance measures.
Its report: ‘A score of 90 in country A doesn’t necessarily mean this hospital is better than a hospital with a score of 87 in country B.’
The Department of Health said the NHS was asked to pay towards the rankings every year, and said they were effectively a ‘paid advertorial’.
A spokesperson said: ‘We are proud of the excellent care provided, free at the point of use, in hospitals throughout the country, and continue to work hard to ensure the best care is there for people when they need it.
‘Our record investment in the NHS hospitals and other healthcare services includes an extra £2 billion this year and £8 billion over the next three years.’
But campaign groups today warned it suggested the NHS was not meeting the standards seen in other countries.
John O’Connell, chief executive of the TaxPayers’ Alliance, said: ‘Given the new health and social care levy, British taxpayers may well wonder whether they are getting value for money.
‘Healthcare bosses must ensure the NHS is offering all patients get the level of care they need.’
He added: ‘These rankings raise serious questions about NHS performance and how it really compares to other countries’.
Emily Fielder, of the Adam Smith Institute thinktank, said: ‘It is disappointing, but not surprising, that despite being the fifth largest economy in the world, a UK hospital does not even rank in the top 40.
‘The fact that the methodology used key performance indicators for quality of care and patient safety, and patient experience to come to this conclusion is indicative of the abject failure of the NHS to deliver for patients.’
The US dominated the list of top 50 hospitals, netting as many as 14 of the positions.
Germany took the second-most top spots, with six, followed by Switzerland, four, and Canada, France and Japan, which each had three.
Just one UK hospital — St Thomas’ in London — was in the top 50.
Looking at the top 10 hospitals in the UK, half were in the capital. Newcastle had two of the best, while Cambridge, Oxford and Birmingham each had one.
Of the 10 worst, these were mostly dotted across rural areas with two in both the North West and South West.
The Midlands, East of England, North East, Yorkshire and the Humber, London and Northern Ireland each had one of the worst.
It comes after the NHS last year lost its rating as the best healthcare system in the world, after seven years on top of the charts.
The Commonwealth Fund thinktank’s report put the UK’s service at fourth best, out of 11 wealthy countries. It said Norway, the Netherlands and Australia now all provide better care.
The slip down the rankings was blamed on delays for patients accessing care and treatment, a lack of investment in the service and poverty.
NHS waiting lists have spiralled to record highs following the pandemic, with 6.1million people in England now in the queue for care.
But Government estimates suggest this could double over the coming years as patients who have stayed away due to the virus start to come forward.
Boris Johnson is set to hike taxes by 1.25 per cent from next month to bring in an extra £12billion-a-year for the NHS.
Health Secretary Sajid Javid has also unveiled targets to end two-year waits for care by July, and one year waits by March 2025.
But Labour, health unions and even a senior Tory have slammed them as ‘not being ambitious enough’ and ‘falling seriously short’ of expectations.
The best and worst hospitals in the UK: Ranked
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St Thomas’ Hospital
Uni. College Hospital
Addenbrooke’s
John Radcliffe Hospital
St. Bartholomew’s
Guy’s Hospital
Chel. and Westminster
Queen Elizabeth Hosp.
Freeman Hospital
Royal Victoria Infirmary
Salford Royal
St Richard’s Hospital
East Surrey Hospital
Wythenshawe Hospital
King’s College Hospital
Royal London Hospital
London Bridge Hospital
St Mary’s Hospital
Worthing Hospital
Leeds General Infirmary
Hexham General
Frimley Park Hospital
Royal Free Hospital
Northern General
Bristol Royal Infirmary
Royal Derby Hospital
Manchester Royal
Homerton Uni. Hospital
BMI London Hosp.
Glasgow Royal Infirmary
Royal Hallamshire
Royal Berkshire Hospital
Royal Infirmary of Edin.
Nottingham Uni. Hosps.
Southampton General
Hammersmith Hospital
St Helens Hospital
Princess Grace Hospital
Royal Devon and Exeter
St James’s Hospital
St George’s Hospital
Uni. Hospital Of Wales
Nuffield Health
Musgrove Park Hospital
Queen Elizabeth Hosp.
Tameside General
Kingston Hospital
Stoke Mandeville
Poole Hospital
Queen Elizabeth Hosp.
Royal Surrey Hospital
The Whittington Hospital
Chapel Allerton Hospital
The London Clinic
New Cross Hospital
Southmead Hospital
Northumbria Hospital
Whiston Hospital
Glenfield Hospital
Royal United Hospital
Harrogate Hospital
King’s Mill Hospital
Conquest Hospital
Bupa Cromwell Hospital
Trafford General
Heatherwood Hospital
Royal Bolton Hospital
Royal Victoria Hospital
St John’s Hospital
Basingstoke Hospital
Calderdale Royal
Nottingham Uni. Hosps.
Uni. Hospital – Coventry
Crawley Hospital
Withington Hospital
Luton and Dunstable
North Tyneside General
Wexham Park Hospital
Clifton Hospital
Golden Jubilee National
Wellington Hospital
Grantham Hospital
Royal Albert Infirmary
Charing Cross Hospital
Burnley General Hospital
The Alexandra Hospital
Southend Hospital
Castle Hill Hospital
Hospital Of St Cross
Warwick Hospital
Bassetlaw Hospital
Q. Elizabeth Hosp. – Lon.
The York Hospital
Horton General Hospital
Northampton General
Norfolk Uni. Hospital
James Paget Hospital
Brighton General
Princess Royal Hospital
Eastbourne Hospital
The James Cook Hospital
Darlington Memorial
Newark Hospital
Uni. Hosp. Of Hartlepool
West Suffolk Hospital
Barnsley Hospital
Cheltenham General
City Hospital Birm.
Queen Mary’s Hospital
Chesterfield Royal
Epsom Hospital
Broadgreen Hospital
Uni. Hosp. Of N. Durham
Bradford Royal Infirmary
Darent Valley Hospital
Royal Hampshire County
Leicester Royal Infirmary
Royal Blackburn Hospital
West Middlesex Hospital
South West Acute
Derriford Hospital
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Oxford
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Newcastle Upon Tyne
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Salford
Chichester
Redhill
Manchester
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Worthing
Leeds
Hexham
Camberley
London
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Bristol
Derby
Manchester
London
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Glasgow
Sheffield
Reading
Edinburgh
Nottingham
Southampton
London
St. Helens
London
Exeter
Leeds
London
Cardiff
Leeds
Taunton
Glasgow
Ashton Under Lyne
Kingston Upon Thames
Buckinghamshire
Poole
Gateshead
Guildford
London
Leeds
London
Wolverhampton
Bristol
Cramlington
Prescot
Leicester
Bath
Harrogate
Sutton-In-Ashfield
St. Leonards-on-Sea
London
Manchester
Ascot
Bolton
Belfast
Livingston
Basingstoke
Halifax
Nottingham
Coventry
Crawley
Manchester
Luton
North Shields
Slough
Lytham St. Annes
Glasgow
London
Grantham
Wigan
London
Burnley
Cheadle
Westcliff-on-Sea
Cottingham
Rugby
Warwick
Worksop
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York
Banbury
Northampton
Norwich
Great Yarmouth
Brighton
Haywards Heath
Eastbourne
Middlesbrough
Darlington
Newark
Hartlepool
Bury St. Edmunds
Barnsley
Cheltenham
Birmingham
London
Chesterfield
Epsom
Liverpool
Durham
Bradford
Dartford
Winchester
Leicester
Blackburn
Isleworth
Enniskillen
Plymouth
The above list does not include every NHS hospital. Italics show hospitals that are privately owned.
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