Full list of NHS trusts identified as care risk

Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust is in band two - the second highest. Credit: Nick Ansell/PA

Here is a list of the trusts in the risk categories identified by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). Band 1 is considered the highest risk and band 6 the lowest.

Band 1: Highest risk

  • Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

  • Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust

  • Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust

  • Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

  • Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust

  • Burton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

  • Croydon Health Services NHS Trust

  • East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust

  • George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust

  • Heatherwood and Wexham Park Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

  • Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

  • Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

  • Medway NHS Foundation Trust

  • North Cumbria University Hospitals NHS Trust

  • Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust

  • Northern Lincolnshire and Goole Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

  • Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust

  • Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

  • South London Healthcare NHS Trust

  • Tameside Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

  • The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHS Foundation Trust

  • The Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

  • United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust

  • University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust

Band 2:

  • Barts Health NHS Trust

  • Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

  • Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

  • Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust

  • East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust

  • Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust

  • Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust

  • Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust

  • Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

  • Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

  • Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust

  • North West London Hospitals NHS Trust

  • Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

  • Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust

  • Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

  • Royal United Hospital Bath NHS Trust

  • Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust

  • University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust

  • West Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust

  • Weston Area Health NHS Trust

Band 3:

  • Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals NHS Trust

  • Birmingham Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

  • Bolton NHS Foundation Trust

  • Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

  • Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust

  • Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust

  • Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

  • Derby Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

  • Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

  • Ealing Hospital NHS Trust

  • East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust

  • East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust

  • Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

  • Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

  • Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust

  • Luton and Dunstable University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

  • Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

  • Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust

  • Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust

  • Milton Keynes Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

  • Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

  • Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust

  • Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

  • Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust

  • Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases NHS Foundation Trust

  • South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust

  • St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

  • The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

  • University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

  • West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust

The CQC has put James Paget Hospital in band 4. Credit: Chris Radburn/PA Wire

Band 4:

  • Bedford Hospital NHS Trust

  • City Hospitals Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust

  • County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust

  • Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

  • Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

  • Hinchingbrooke Health Care NHS Trust

  • Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

  • Isle of Wight NHS Trust

  • James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

  • Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust

  • North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust

  • Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

  • Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust

  • Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust

  • Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust

  • Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust

  • South Tyneside NHS Foundation Trust

  • Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust

  • The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust

  • The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust

  • The Whittington Hospital NHS Trust

  • University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust

  • West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust

  • Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust

  • Wye Valley NHS Trust

Band 5:

  • Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

  • Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust

  • East Cheshire NHS Trust

  • King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

  • Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust

  • North Bristol NHS Trust

  • Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust

  • Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

  • Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust

  • Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust

  • Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust

  • Southend University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

  • Taunton and Somerset NHS Foundation Trust

  • The Newcastle-upon-Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

  • The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust

  • The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

  • The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust

  • University Hospital of North Staffordshire NHS Trust

  • University Hospital of South Manchester NHS Foundation Trust

  • University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust

  • Warrington and Halton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

  • Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

  • Yeovil District Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

  • York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Great Ormond Street Hospital has been put in the lowest risk band of NHS trusts. Credit: Lewis Whyld/PA Wire

Band 6: Lowest risk

  • Airedale NHS Foundation Trust

  • Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

  • Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

  • Birmingham Women's NHS Foundation Trust

  • Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

  • Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

  • Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

  • Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust

  • Frimley Park Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

  • Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust

  • Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust

  • Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust

  • Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

  • Liverpool Heart and Chest NHS Foundation Trust

  • Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

  • North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust

  • Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

  • Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

  • Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust

  • Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust

  • Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust

  • Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

  • South Devon Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

  • South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

  • St George's Healthcare NHS Trust

  • Stockport NHS Foundation Trust

  • Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust

  • The Christie NHS Foundation Trust

  • The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust

  • The Hillingdon Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

  • The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust

  • The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

  • The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust

  • University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

  • University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust

  • Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust

  • Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

  • Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust