The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has ranked the UK's hospitals revealing the best and worst-performing health centres.

The verdict comes as Prime Minister Keir Starmer vows to reform the National Health Service (NHS).

Speaking this week, Sir Keir said: "When I arrived as leader of the Labour Party I knew we had to change it. There was a lot of resistance, but we pressed on and did it.

“If there’s one common theme of what I’ve done for a living for some time now it’s coming in and bringing about change. I’m determined we will bring about the change here.”

This also comes as Lord Ara Darzi publishes a report saying that a decade of “unforgivable” damage has left the NHS in a position where it will take four years beyond the next election to recover.

The CQC's hospital ratings assess how health centres perform in the following categories: Safe, Effective, Caring, Responsive, Well-led.

Hospitals are then rated as Outstanding', 'Good', 'Requires Improvement’, or ‘Inadequate’.

The CQC found that 22 hospitals in the UK were 'outstanding', while 141 were rated as 'good'.

Meanwhile, 152 were ranked as requiring improvement.

Six hospitals were branded 'inadequate', which means the CQC has taken enforcement action against the providers.

The six hospitals rated as 'inadequate' were:

The Hillingdon Hospital, Uxbridge

Hull Royal Infirmary, Hull

The York Hospital, York

The Barkantine Centre, London

Blackpool Victoria Hospital, Blackpool

Corbett Hospital, Stourbidge

The 22 hospitals ranked as 'outstanding' were:

Royal Surrey County Hospital

East Surrey Hospital

Homerton University Hospital

Frimley Park Hospital

Hexham General Hospital

Queen Charlottes and Chelsea Hospital

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital

King’s Mill Hospital

Conquest Hospital

Fairfield General Hospital

Moorfields Eye Hospital

The Royal Marsden – London

The Royal Marsden – Sutton

Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

The Walton Centre

Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital

Dental Hospital Manchester

Royal Manchester Eye Hospital

Leeds Dental Institute

Thomas Linacre Centre

Dental Hospital

Wansbeck General Hospital

The following hospitals were rated as 'requiring improvement'.

Luton and Dunstable Hospital

Leicester General Hospital

Leicester Royal Infirmary

Gloucestershire Royal Hospital

Kettering General Hospital

Worcestershire Royal Hospital

Royal Shrewsbury Hospital

The Princess Royal Hospital

Macclesfield District General Hospital

Yeovil District Hospital

Stepping Hill Hospital

Musgrove Park Hospital

Leighton Hospital

Southport and Formby District General Hospital

Ormskirk District General Hospital

Bassetlaw District General Hospital

Doncaster Royal Infirmary

Montagu Hospital, Mexborough

North Middlesex University Hospital

Royal United Hospital Bath

Stroud Maternity Hospital

Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital (Wonford)

North Devon District Hospital

Great Western Hospital

Horton General Hospital

Pinderfields Hospital

Dewsbury and District Hospital

Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital

The County Hospital

Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital

Torbay Hospital

Crowborough Birthing Centre

Inspire Neurocare Worcester

Maidstone Hospital

The Tunbridge Wells Hospital at Pembury

Princess Royal Hospital

The Countess of Chester Hospital

St Richard’s Hospital

Worthing Hospital

Royal Sussex County Hospital

Freeman Hospital

Royal Victoria Infirmary

University Hospital Lewisham

Queen Elizabeth Hospital

King George Hospital

Queen’s Hospital

William Harvey Hospital

Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Hospital

Royal Derby Hospital

Queens Hospital

Chorley and South Ribble Hospital

Royal Preston Hospital

Russells Hall Hospital

University Hospital Aintree

New Royal Liverpool University

Cumberland Infirmary

West Cumberland Hospital

George Eliot NHS Hospital

Cheltenham General Hospital

Lister Hospital

Dorset County Hospital

Basildon University Hospital

Broomfield Hospital

Southend University Hospital

Manor Hospital

Poole Hospital

Queen’s Medical Centre

University College Hospital & Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing

Royal Lancaster Infirmary

Furness General Hospital

St George’s Hospital (Tooting)

St James’s University Hospital

Arrowe Park Hospital

Lincoln County Hospital

Saint Mary’s Hospital

Wythenshawe Hospital

North Manchester General Hospital

Chesterfield Royal Hospital

Southampton General Hospital

St Mary’s Hospital

Scarborough Hospital

Royal Stoke University Hospital

The Princess Alexandra Hospital

Peterborough City Hospital

Hinchingbrooke Hospital

James Paget Hospital

Airedale General Hospital

The Royal Free Hospital

Colchester General Hospital

Medway Maritime Hospital

John Radcliffe Hospital

Alexandra Hospital

St Peter’s Hospital

Castle Hill Hospital

Derriford Hospital

Royal Cornwall Hospital

St Austell Hospital – Penrice Birthing Unit

Northampton General Hospital

King’s College Hospital

Croydon University Hospital

South Tyneside District Hospital

Sunderland Royal Hospital

Princess Royal University Hospital

County Hospital

Salford Royal Hospital

Royal Oldham Hospital

Royal Hallamshire Hospital

Northern General Hospital

Jessop Wing

Diana Princess of Wales Hospital

Scunthorpe General Hospital

Glenfield Hospital

Pontefract Hospital

Barking Birth Centre

Whipps Cross University Hospital

The Royal London Hospital

University Hospital of Hartlepool

University Hospital of North Tees

Orpington Hospital

Rotherham General Hospital

Northwick Park Hospital

Ealing Hospital

Pilgrim Hospital

Ashford Hospital

Watford General Hospital

Newham University Hospital

Barnet General Hospital

Westmorland General Hospital

Kent & Canterbury Hospital

West Suffolk Hospital

The Ipswich Hospital

St Albans City Hospital

Hemel Hempstead General Hospital

Victoria Infirmary

Clatterbridge Hospital

Mount Vernon Cancer Centre

Queen Elizabeth II Hospital

Queen Mary’s Hospital

Central Middlesex Hospital

Fleetwood Hospital

Evesham Community Hospital

Charing Cross Hospital

Hammersmith Hospitals

Sandwell General Hospital

Manchester Royal Infirmary

Weston Park Hospital

Hannah House

Ludlow Community Hospital

Mount Gould Hospital

Royal South Hants Hospital

Mount Vernon Hospital