The Queen Elizabeth Hospital in King's Lynn, which is currently held up by thousands of props to stop parts of the roof collapsing, has been placed bottom in a table ranking all the country's hospital.

The controversial system, which was published for the first time this week, assesses hospital performances based on average scores in several metrics.

These include analysing A&E waiting times, surgery waiting lists and patient feedback, as well as metrics like financial management and staff feedback.

The QEH, which has been blighted by building safety issues and is due to be built, has found itself rock bottom of the first set of rankings, with Norfolk's other hospitals also faring poorly.

The James Paget University Hospital in Gorleston was ranked as sixth-worst in the country - at 129th out of 134.

The Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital also placed comfortably outside of the top 100, ranked 111th overall.

Chris Bown, interim........

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