The Dr Foster report also identified 27 trusts which had unusually high mortality rates, totalling 5,000 more deaths than expected.
But the Care Quality Commission (CQC) which recently issued official ratings of NHS trusts, found eight of the dozen found by the Dr Foster report to be underperforming were either performing 'good' or 'excellently'.
The CQC said Dr Foster's report was part legitimate, part alarmist, and they did not feel action was required.
Roger Taylor, director and co-founder of Dr Foster said: 'Over the last nine years of the hospital guide we have seen a steady improvement in hospital performance but unacceptable variation between hospitals still exists. Dr Foster will continue to publish data in order to provide information to the public, drive improvement in patient care and save lives.
'Hospital trusts should use the guide to carefully investigate where problems exist, even those who have performed well. Patients and the public should use the hospital guide to help make choices about where they want to be treated, to ask the right questions of their health professionals and to hold hospitals to account.'
On Thursday, the CQC sent a task force into Basildon and Thurrock NHS Trust in Essex after it uncovered major lapses in hygiene and unusually high death rates. And 24-hours later, the chairman of Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust was sacked after inspectors found it had consistently failed to improve waiting times and had death rates 12 per cent higher than expected.
On Friday Cynthia Bower, CQC chief executive, said: 'Swift action is needed at Basildon to nip problems in the bud. We want to ensure the trust takes swift and positive action to prevent poor quality care. We believe that effective action will now take place as a result of this joint regulatory action.'
Overall the Dr Foster report found hospital death rates in England had fallen by seven per cent, but said the level of care varied greatly.
The Dr Foster guide also revealed that last year at least 209 foreign objects were left behind in patients after operations, with nine trusts recording six or more incidents and 82 incidents of 'wrong-site' surgery took place (operating on the wrong body part).
However, the report said whilst these incidents should never occur, the figures were evidence the NHS is developing a 'commendable culture of openness and reporting'.
But the Care Quality Commission (CQC) which recently issued official ratings of NHS trusts, found eight of the dozen found by the Dr Foster report to be underperforming were either performing 'good' or 'excellently'.
The CQC said Dr Foster's report was part legitimate, part alarmist, and they did not feel action was required.
Roger Taylor, director and co-founder of Dr Foster said: 'Over the last nine years of the hospital guide we have seen a steady improvement in hospital performance but unacceptable variation between hospitals still exists. Dr Foster will continue to publish data in order to provide information to the public, drive improvement in patient care and save lives.
'Hospital trusts should use the guide to carefully investigate where problems exist, even those who have performed well. Patients and the public should use the hospital guide to help make choices about where they want to be treated, to ask the right questions of their health professionals and to hold hospitals to account.'
On Thursday, the CQC sent a task force into Basildon and Thurrock NHS Trust in Essex after it uncovered major lapses in hygiene and unusually high death rates. And 24-hours later, the chairman of Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust was sacked after inspectors found it had consistently failed to improve waiting times and had death rates 12 per cent higher than expected.
On Friday Cynthia Bower, CQC chief executive, said: 'Swift action is needed at Basildon to nip problems in the bud. We want to ensure the trust takes swift and positive action to prevent poor quality care. We believe that effective action will now take place as a result of this joint regulatory action.'
Overall the Dr Foster report found hospital death rates in England had fallen by seven per cent, but said the level of care varied greatly.
The Dr Foster guide also revealed that last year at least 209 foreign objects were left behind in patients after operations, with nine trusts recording six or more incidents and 82 incidents of 'wrong-site' surgery took place (operating on the wrong body part).
However, the report said whilst these incidents should never occur, the figures were evidence the NHS is developing a 'commendable culture of openness and reporting'.
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