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If you live in England, you'll be able to find out today under a new rating system by the Healthcare Commission.

The new performance ratings replace the star system allocated to hospitals in England.

In fact, more than half of all NHS trusts in England have been warned they must improve standards of care, after their performance was officially rated "weak" or only "fair" by the Healthcare Commission.

Today's figures assessed hospitals on two main points: quality of service and use of resources.

Today's figures suggest more than half of all NHS trusts are weak or fair when it comes to quality of services and how they manage their finances.

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The Healthcare Commission ranked 570 trusts in England, including primary care trusts (PCTs), acute hospital trusts, mental health trusts and ambulance trusts.

Today's report, called the Annual Health Check, revealed that 60% of all trusts were weak or needed to improve.

In the most comprehensive assessment ever of the NHS, the health service regulator has also raised serious concerns about how the majority of hospitals are managing their finances.

Annual Health Check Findings 51% were fair on quality of services 47% were fair on use of resources (financial) 9% were weak on quality of services 37% were weak on use of resources

Primary care trusts, which commission health services for local areas, fared particularly badly in the analysis.

None of the 204 PCTs were ranked excellent for their financial management, while just 24 were ranked as good.

And just 93 were deemed to have good quality of service, while just six received the rating for their quality of service.