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East Yorkshire Hospitals Rank Dead Last in UK
19 Mar
Summary
- Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is now the UK's worst-ranked.
- The trust runs Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital.
- The trust is entering special measures due to significant challenges.
Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) is now officially the worst-performing trust in the United Kingdom, ranked 134th by NHS England. This places the trust, which manages Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital, at the bottom of the league table for acute trusts. The trust acknowledges that its current standing reflects significant, long-standing challenges.
HUTH is now entering special measures, a designation for providers facing substantial performance or governance issues. A spokeswoman for the Humber Health Partnership, which includes HUTH, stated that the organization made a deliberate decision to surface these challenges openly. A clinically-led improvement plan, developed with frontline clinicians, is now in place to address patient safety, service stability, and care reliability.
Changes are already being implemented, including efforts to reduce breast cancer treatment wait times and introduce a seven-day service for brain clot patients. The trust is also adapting medical rotas for 24/7 cover, introducing a new digital appointment system, and offering home-based recovery services to reduce hospital stays. Additional oversight and enforcement undertakings are providing a structured framework to support leadership and governance improvements.
