The best-rated hospitals and treatment centres in the East Midlands according to Care Quality Commission

• The Care Quality Commission have assessed hospitals and treatment centres across the East Midlands.
• 19 hospitals have came out on top with both good and outstanding ratings.
• Outstanding is the top rating a hospital can achieve, it means that the service is performing exceptionally well.
• Good means that the service is performing well and meeting expectations.

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) have released its ratings for the East Midlands hospital and treatment centres, with 19 scoring either Outstanding or Good rankings.

The regulation body is in charge of inspecting all health and social care services in England. This includes health facilities such as hospitals, dentists, ambulances, and care homes, helping provide patients with the information they need so they can make choices about their care.

Inspectors judge each health and social care service based on the five CQC standards which are: Safe, Effective, Caring, Responsive and Well-Led, with four ratings available - Outstanding, Good, Requires Improvement and Inadequate. These ratings must be displayed by law where patients can easily see them, such as in the main entrance of a hospital or a GP waiting room.

Here is every hospital in the East Midlands rated good or outstanding by inspectors.