Wes Streeting, you must have a better plan for ailing hospitals than public humiliation | Rachel Clarke

Wes Streeting wants hospitals judged on quantifiable factors such as A&E waits, cancer care and the size of their budget deficits.

Trusts will be publicly ranked from best to worst, with the CEOs of the worst offenders facing dismissal.

Streeting insists the new public rankings are a necessary way of stamping out poor performance.

Rachel Clarke is a palliative care doctor and the author of Breathtaking: Inside the NHS in a Time of Pandemic.