The targets include A&E waits, financial management, hospital cleanliness and the number of patients waiting longer than the standard times for inpatient and outpatient procedures.

The indictors include clinical negligence, how the trust is tackling the MRSA superbug, hospital food, emergency readmissions after discharge, cancelled operations and breast cancer treatment.

Birmingham Children's Hospital NHS Trust - three stars

Birmingham Women's Health Care NHS Trust - three stars

The Cardiothoracic Centre - Liverpool NHS Trust - two stars

Christie Hospital NHS Trust - two stars

Clatterbridge Centre for Oncology NHS Trust - three stars

Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust - three stars

Liverpool Women's Hospital NHS Trust - three stars

Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Trust - two stars

Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre NHS Trust - two stars

The Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Trust - three stars

Papworth Hospital NHS Trust - two stars

Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic and District Hospital NHS Trust - one star

Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Trust - three stars

Royal Liverpool Children's NHS Trust - three stars

The Royal Marsden NHS Trust - three stars

Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases NHS Trust - three stars

Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust - zero stars

Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust - three stars

Sheffield Children's NHS Trust - three stars

Walton Centre for Neurology and Neurosurgery NHS Trust - three stars