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Catia Nicodemo, Professor of Health Economics, Brunel University of London

NHS league tables are back – but turning rankings into better care is harder than it looks

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The UK government has launched NHS league tables for every trust in England, promising transparency and an incentive for improvement. The idea is simple: rank providers of health care and reward the best.

But national health care is not a simple thing. And trying to convert something so complex into a single ladder of winners and losers could end up distorting medical priorities and resources.

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