Failing hospitals will be revealed in league tables and NHS managers sacked if they do not turn things around, the health secretary will tell health leaders at a conference in Liverpool. Wes Streeting is promising a "no-holds-barred, sweeping review" of NHS performance in England. Hospitals can expect to be ranked on indicators such as care delivery and finances, so patients can see whether they are receiving a good service.
And "turnaround teams" will be sent into struggling trusts, while top performers will have more freedom over spending. Meanwhile, senior leaders will be denied pay rises if key improvements are not made. A new pay framework for chief executives will be published in April, which will "clamp down" on poor performance while rewarding success.
Streeting will tell the NHS Providers conference there will be "no more turning a blind eye" to failure - something he has promised before, along with the idea of league tables. "We will drive the health service to improve, so patients get more out of it for what taxpayers put in," he will say. “Our health service must attract top talent, be far more transparent to the public who pay for it, and run as efficiently as global businesses.
" The Department of Health and Social Care says, currently, there is little incentive for trusts to run budget surpluses, from which they are unable to benefit - but that will now change. Top performers will be given more capital and greater control over where to invest it - be that new .