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Residents whose nearest hospital trust has more deaths than expected, every council ranked

Of the people here, the share whose nearest major A&E is run by a trust NHS England bands as having more deaths within 30 days of a stay than expected. Most trusts are as expected. Figures for May 2025 to April 2026, published for 296 councils in England. Lowest first: the order says where a council sits, not whether that is good.

Joint lowest: 235 councils, 0%. The council in the middle: Rochdale, 0%. Joint highest: 8 councils, 100%.

Residents whose nearest hospital trust has more deaths than expected, every council it is published for, lowest first
PlaceCouncilFigure
1 jointAdurSouth East0%
1 jointArunSouth East0%
1 jointAshfordSouth East0%
1 jointBaberghEast of England0%
1 jointBarking and DagenhamLondon0%
1 jointBarnetLondon0%
1 jointBarnsleyYorkshire and the Humber0%
1 jointBasildonEast of England0%
1 jointBasingstoke and DeaneSouth East0%
1 jointBassetlawEast Midlands0%
1 jointBath and North East SomersetSouth West0%
1 jointBedfordEast of England0%
1 jointBexleyLondon0%
1 jointBirminghamWest Midlands0%
1 jointBlabyEast Midlands0%
1 jointBolsoverEast Midlands0%
1 jointBoltonNorth West0%
1 jointBostonEast Midlands0%
1 jointBournemouth, Christchurch and PooleSouth West0%
1 jointBracknell ForestSouth East0%
1 jointBraintreeEast of England0%
1 jointBrentLondon0%
1 jointBrentwoodEast of England0%
1 jointBrighton and HoveSouth East0%
1 jointBristolSouth West0%
1 jointBromleyLondon0%
1 jointBromsgroveWest Midlands0%
1 jointBroxbourneEast of England0%
1 jointBuckinghamshireSouth East0%
1 jointBuryNorth West0%
1 jointCambridgeEast of England0%
1 jointCamdenLondon0%
1 jointCannock ChaseWest Midlands0%
1 jointCanterburySouth East0%
1 jointCastle PointEast of England0%
1 jointCentral BedfordshireEast of England0%
1 jointChelmsfordEast of England0%
1 jointCheltenhamSouth West0%
1 jointCherwellSouth East0%
1 jointCheshire West and ChesterNorth West0%
1 jointChesterfieldEast Midlands0%
1 jointChichesterSouth East0%
1 jointCity of LondonLondon0%
1 jointColchesterEast of England0%
1 jointCornwallSouth West0%
1 jointCotswoldSouth West0%
1 jointCoventryWest Midlands0%
1 jointCrawleySouth East0%
1 jointCumberlandNorth West0%
1 jointDacorumEast of England0%
1 jointDartfordSouth East0%
1 jointDerbyEast Midlands0%
1 jointDoncasterYorkshire and the Humber0%
1 jointDorsetSouth West0%
1 jointDoverSouth East0%
1 jointDudleyWest Midlands0%
1 jointEalingLondon0%
1 jointEast CambridgeshireEast of England0%
1 jointEast DevonSouth West0%
1 jointEast HampshireSouth East0%
1 jointEast HertfordshireEast of England0%
1 jointEast LindseyEast Midlands0%
1 jointEast Riding of YorkshireYorkshire and the Humber0%
1 jointEast StaffordshireWest Midlands0%
1 jointEastbourneSouth East0%
1 jointEastleighSouth East0%
1 jointEnfieldLondon0%
1 jointEpping ForestEast of England0%
1 jointExeterSouth West0%
1 jointFarehamSouth East0%
1 jointFenlandEast of England0%
1 jointFolkestone and HytheSouth East0%
1 jointForest of DeanSouth West0%
1 jointGatesheadNorth East0%
1 jointGloucesterSouth West0%
1 jointGosportSouth East0%
1 jointGreenwichLondon0%
1 jointHackneyLondon0%
1 jointHaltonNorth West0%
1 jointHammersmith and FulhamLondon0%
1 jointHarboroughEast Midlands0%
1 jointHaringeyLondon0%
1 jointHarlowEast of England0%
1 jointHarrowLondon0%
1 jointHartSouth East0%
1 jointHartlepoolNorth East0%
1 jointHastingsSouth East0%
1 jointHavantSouth East0%
1 jointHaveringLondon0%
1 jointHerefordshireWest Midlands0%
1 jointHertsmereEast of England0%
1 jointHillingdonLondon0%
1 jointHinckley and BosworthEast Midlands0%
1 jointHorshamSouth East0%
1 jointHounslowLondon0%
1 jointHuntingdonshireEast of England0%
1 jointIpswichEast of England0%
1 jointIsle of WightSouth East0%
1 jointIsles of ScillySouth West0%
1 jointIslingtonLondon0%
1 jointKensington and ChelseaLondon0%
1 jointKing's Lynn and West NorfolkEast of England0%
1 jointKingston upon HullYorkshire and the Humber0%
1 jointKnowsleyNorth West0%
1 jointLambethLondon0%
1 jointLancasterNorth West0%
1 jointLeicesterEast Midlands0%
1 jointLewesSouth East0%
1 jointLewishamLondon0%
1 jointLichfieldWest Midlands0%
1 jointLincolnEast Midlands0%
1 jointLiverpoolNorth West0%
1 jointLutonEast of England0%
1 jointMaldonEast of England0%
1 jointMalvern HillsWest Midlands0%
1 jointManchesterNorth West0%
1 jointMansfieldEast Midlands0%
1 jointMid DevonSouth West0%
1 jointMid SussexSouth East0%
1 jointMiddlesbroughNorth East0%
1 jointMilton KeynesSouth East0%
1 jointNew ForestSouth East0%
1 jointNewcastle upon TyneNorth East0%
1 jointNewcastle-under-LymeWest Midlands0%
1 jointNewhamLondon0%
1 jointNorth DevonSouth West0%
1 jointNorth East DerbyshireEast Midlands0%
1 jointNorth East LincolnshireYorkshire and the Humber0%
1 jointNorth HertfordshireEast of England0%
1 jointNorth KestevenEast Midlands0%
1 jointNorth LincolnshireYorkshire and the Humber0%
1 jointNorth NorthamptonshireEast Midlands0%
1 jointNorth SomersetSouth West0%
1 jointNorth WarwickshireWest Midlands0%
1 jointNuneaton and BedworthWest Midlands0%
1 jointOadby and WigstonEast Midlands0%
1 jointOldhamNorth West0%
1 jointOxfordSouth East0%
1 jointPeterboroughEast of England0%
1 jointPlymouthSouth West0%
1 jointPortsmouthSouth East0%
1 jointPrestonNorth West0%
1 jointReadingSouth East0%
1 jointRedbridgeLondon0%
1 jointRedcar and ClevelandNorth East0%
1 jointRedditchWest Midlands0%
1 jointRichmond upon ThamesLondon0%
1 jointRochdaleNorth West0%
1 jointRochfordEast of England0%
1 jointRotherSouth East0%
1 jointRotherhamYorkshire and the Humber0%
1 jointRugbyWest Midlands0%
1 jointRunnymedeSouth East0%
1 jointRushmoorSouth East0%
1 jointRutlandEast Midlands0%
1 jointSalfordNorth West0%
1 jointSandwellWest Midlands0%
1 jointSeftonNorth West0%
1 jointSevenoaksSouth East0%
1 jointSheffieldYorkshire and the Humber0%
1 jointShropshireWest Midlands0%
1 jointSloughSouth East0%
1 jointSolihullWest Midlands0%
1 jointSomersetSouth West0%
1 jointSouth CambridgeshireEast of England0%
1 jointSouth DerbyshireEast Midlands0%
1 jointSouth GloucestershireSouth West0%
1 jointSouth HamsSouth West0%
1 jointSouth HollandEast Midlands0%
1 jointSouth OxfordshireSouth East0%
1 jointSouth StaffordshireWest Midlands0%
1 jointSouthamptonSouth East0%
1 jointSouthend-on-SeaEast of England0%
1 jointSouthwarkLondon0%
1 jointSpelthorneSouth East0%
1 jointSt AlbansEast of England0%
1 jointSt. HelensNorth West0%
1 jointStaffordWest Midlands0%
1 jointStevenageEast of England0%
1 jointStockportNorth West0%
1 jointStockton-on-TeesNorth East0%
1 jointStoke-on-TrentWest Midlands0%
1 jointStratford-on-AvonWest Midlands0%
1 jointStroudSouth West0%
1 jointSurrey HeathSouth East0%
1 jointSwindonSouth West0%
1 jointTamesideNorth West0%
1 jointTamworthWest Midlands0%
1 jointTandridgeSouth East0%
1 jointTeignbridgeSouth West0%
1 jointTelford and WrekinWest Midlands0%
1 jointTendringEast of England0%
1 jointTest ValleySouth East0%
1 jointTewkesburySouth West0%
1 jointThanetSouth East0%
1 jointThree RiversEast of England0%
1 jointThurrockEast of England0%
1 jointTorbaySouth West0%
1 jointTorridgeSouth West0%
1 jointTower HamletsLondon0%
1 jointTraffordNorth West0%
1 jointTunbridge WellsSouth East0%
1 jointUttlesfordEast of England0%
1 jointVale of White HorseSouth East0%
1 jointWakefieldYorkshire and the Humber0%
1 jointWalsallWest Midlands0%
1 jointWaltham ForestLondon0%
1 jointWandsworthLondon0%
1 jointWarringtonNorth West0%
1 jointWarwickWest Midlands0%
1 jointWatfordEast of England0%
1 jointWaverleySouth East0%
1 jointWealdenSouth East0%
1 jointWelwyn HatfieldEast of England0%
1 jointWest BerkshireSouth East0%
1 jointWest DevonSouth West0%
1 jointWest LancashireNorth West0%
1 jointWest LindseyEast Midlands0%
1 jointWest NorthamptonshireEast Midlands0%
1 jointWest OxfordshireSouth East0%
1 jointWest SuffolkEast of England0%
1 jointWestminsterLondon0%
1 jointWiganNorth West0%
1 jointWiltshireSouth West0%
1 jointWinchesterSouth East0%
1 jointWindsor and MaidenheadSouth East0%
1 jointWirralNorth West0%
1 jointWokingSouth East0%
1 jointWokinghamSouth East0%
1 jointWolverhamptonWest Midlands0%
1 jointWorcesterWest Midlands0%
1 jointWorthingSouth East0%
1 jointWychavonWest Midlands0%
1 jointWyre ForestWest Midlands0%
1 jointYorkYorkshire and the Humber0%
236KirkleesYorkshire and the Humber0.1%
237NorthumberlandNorth East0.3%
238South RibbleNorth West0.5%
239ChorleyNorth West0.8%
240CalderdaleYorkshire and the Humber1.6%
241Westmorland and FurnessNorth West2.1%
242MaidstoneSouth East3.1%
243GuildfordSouth East4.4%
244Staffordshire MoorlandsWest Midlands4.7%
245CharnwoodEast Midlands4.8%
246CroydonLondon5%
247North West LeicestershireEast Midlands5.2%
248 jointMid SuffolkEast of England5.4%
248 jointTonbridge and MallingSouth East5.4%
250Derbyshire DalesEast Midlands5.6%
251GraveshamSouth East6.4%
252LeedsYorkshire and the Humber9%
253Newark and SherwoodEast Midlands11.2%
254Kingston upon ThamesLondon11.3%
255PendleNorth West13%
256North YorkshireYorkshire and the Humber13.9%
257ElmbridgeSouth East17.3%
258Amber ValleyEast Midlands18%
259South KestevenEast Midlands20.6%
260AshfieldEast Midlands20.9%
261MertonLondon21.9%
262MeltonEast Midlands25.6%
263High PeakEast Midlands28%
264 jointCheshire EastNorth West30.6%
264 jointReigate and BansteadSouth East30.6%
266RossendaleNorth West35.7%
267North TynesideNorth East44.3%
268East SuffolkEast of England49.7%
269SwaleSouth East51.9%
270BrecklandEast of England57.1%
271Mole ValleySouth East71.2%
272Ribble ValleyNorth West77.5%
273BradfordYorkshire and the Humber79%
274North NorfolkEast of England83.9%
275SunderlandNorth East84%
276WyreNorth West84.3%
277ErewashEast Midlands85.3%
278County DurhamNorth East88.1%
279FyldeNorth West88.8%
280SuttonLondon91.2%
281GedlingEast Midlands92.5%
282South TynesideNorth East93.2%
283Epsom and EwellSouth East96.6%
284BurnleyNorth West96.7%
285Blackburn with DarwenNorth West97.8%
286BroxtoweEast Midlands97.9%
287MedwaySouth East98.8%
288DarlingtonNorth East99.5%
289 jointBlackpoolNorth West100%
289 jointBroadlandEast of England100%
289 jointGreat YarmouthEast of England100%
289 jointHyndburnNorth West100%
289 jointNorwichEast of England100%
289 jointNottinghamEast Midlands100%
289 jointRushcliffeEast Midlands100%
289 jointSouth NorfolkEast of England100%

Not in this list

  • Northern Ireland. Only NHS England publishes this measure by trust.
  • Scotland. Public Health Scotland publishes its mortality ratio by hospital without bands.
  • Wales. Only NHS England publishes this measure by trust.

NHS England, deaths within 30 days of a hospital stay against those expected (SHMI), by trust, May 2025 to April 2026 · May 2025 to April 2026 · fetched 22 October 2026 · How this is measured

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