What does hospital care cost?: NHS hospitals

Free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the UK. You usually need a referral, except in an emergency.

What does hospital care cost?: Independent hospitals and clinics

Self-pay or private medical insurance. Many also treat NHS patients through an NHS referral, at no cost to the patient.

Hospitals in England and Scotland – CQC ratings

Docorix lists 918 hospitals in England and Scotland, in 354 towns and cities. 437 hold a current CQC rating and 317 of those are rated Good or Outstanding. Together they are registered for 7,669 beds.

CQC register data updated 7 October 2026

NHS hospital care is usually accessed through a GP or specialist referral, or through A&E in an emergency. Private hospitals offer self-pay or insurance-funded treatment and some NHS-funded procedures. Each listing shows the departments the CQC inspects there, and the CQC report gives a rating for each one.

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Order: official CQC rating only – Outstanding first, then Good. Providers cannot pay to appear higher.

Hospitals by county

Essex 20
Suffolk 6
Norfolk 8
Cambridgeshire 18
Hertfordshire 12
Bedfordshire 7
London 112
West Sussex 15
Kent 20
Hampshire 22
Oxfordshire 7
East Sussex 16
Surrey 16
Berkshire 13
Buckinghamshire 9
Isle of Wight 3
Somerset 21
Dorset 14
Bristol 8
Gloucestershire 19
Cornwall 17
Devon 35
Wiltshire 6
Derbyshire 5
Nottinghamshire 10
Leicestershire 14
Lincolnshire 19
Northamptonshire 6
Rutland 1
West Midlands 27
Worcestershire 13
Staffordshire 10
Herefordshire 5
Warwickshire 7
Shropshire 11
Lancashire 9
Greater Manchester 13
Cheshire 10
Cumbria 3
Merseyside 10
County Durham 4
Tees Valley 10
Tyne and Wear 11
Northumberland 7
South Yorkshire 15
West Yorkshire 21
East Riding of Yorkshire 8
North Yorkshire 11
Aberdeen City 14
Aberdeenshire 9
Angus 6
Argyll and Bute 8
City of Edinburgh 18
Clackmannanshire 1
Dumfries and Galloway 19
Dundee City 13
East Ayrshire 2
East Dunbartonshire 1
East Lothian 4
Falkirk 4
Fife 12
Glasgow City 26
Highland 19
Inverclyde 3
Midlothian 3
Moray 7
Na h-Eileanan Siar 3
North Ayrshire 6
North Lanarkshire 8
Perth and Kinross 7
Renfrewshire 3
Scottish Borders 14
Shetland Islands 1
South Ayrshire 5
South Lanarkshire 8
Stirling 1
West Dunbartonshire 3
West Lothian 6

Hospitals by town or city

Showing the 60 towns with the most; use the search to find the rest.

Who runs hospitals?

722NHS
154Independent
42Charity / not-for-profit

Taken from the CQC register: “NHS” means run by an NHS body or providing NHS primary care; “Independent” is the CQC’s word for a provider that is not an NHS body – a company, partnership or individual. It says who runs the service, not who pays: many independent providers deliver NHS- or council-funded care. Charities and community interest companies are shown separately, where the register or the provider’s name says so. Use the All · NHS · Private switch at the top of any directory page to browse one kind only.

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What does hospital care cost?

NHS hospitals: Free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the UK. You usually need a referral, except in an emergency.
Independent hospitals and clinics: Self-pay or private medical insurance. Many also treat NHS patients through an NHS referral, at no cost to the patient.

Each listing shows whether it is run by the NHS or is independent.

Official guidance: NHS: about NHS hospital services NHS: your choices in the NHS

General guidance for England, not financial advice. Rules and charges change – check the official pages above.

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