UCLH top acute teaching trust in new national rankings
09 September 2025
Publish date: 09 September 2025
We’re proud that UCLH is ranked number one of all acute teaching trusts in new national league tables published today.
The National Oversight Framework (NOF) is a set of criteria that NHS England will use to assess the performance of trusts. An interactive performance dashboard linked to the NOF is published here.
UCLH chief executive David Probert said:
“The new National Oversight Framework aims to provide more transparency so that patients and the public can access useful information about healthcare providers.
“We’re proud that UCLH is ranked as the best performing acute teaching trust in England. As always, this achievement is down to the amazing work of everyone at UCLH and their commitment to our values.
“This framework will allow us to monitor how we are performing across a number of areas and help us to deliver improvements.”
Every trust in England will be ranked quarterly against NOF standards – from urgent and emergency care to elective operations and mental health services.
Users of the dashboard can see where an organisation ranks overall and how it compares with other trusts of the same type.
Here are the top five acute teaching hospital trusts according to the NOF:
- University College London Hospitals Foundation Trust
- Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
- Guys and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust
- London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust
- South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust
As well as coming top of acute teaching trusts, UCLH is also ranked number 10 of all NHS acute trusts in England, including specialist trusts.
NHS trusts are also segmented (1 to 4) based on their performance against the NOF metrics.
High performing trusts in segment 1 may receive greater autonomy while more challenged trusts, particularly those in segment 4, will be offered support or receive interventions. UCLH is in segment 1.
By summer 2026, the tables will expand to cover Integrated Care Boards – NHS organisations responsible for planning health services for their local population – and wider areas of NHS performance.
