CQC ratings of NHS hospitals in England
Of the NHS acute hospital locations with a current Care Quality Commission rating, 54.8%are rated Good or Outstanding. Ratings are per hospital building; open any hospital's profile for its rating and the date it was published.
692
Hospital locations
Acute, CQC-registered
172
Good or Outstanding
54.8% of those rated
142
Requires improvement / Inadequate
Rated locations with concerns
Rating distribution
Every acute NHS hospital location by its latest CQC overall rating.
Outstanding
193%
Good
15322%
Requires improvement
13920%
Inadequate
30%
Not yet rated
37855%
About this figure
Counts every active acute NHS hospital location and its current CQC overall rating. “Not yet rated” covers new or not-yet-inspected locations, and large multi-service trusts CQC rates per service rather than with a single location rating. Reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full methodology.