THE health trust running Dewsbury District Hospital is one of the worst in the UK, according to a new report.

The Mid Yorkshire Hospitals Trust was one of the 12 highlighted as poor performers by the Dr Foster organisation.

Their report comes after the Mid Yorkshire Trust was given a “fair” rating by the Government’s Care Quality Commission.

The Foster report also highlighted a dozen hospitals as “significantly underperforming” basic safety measures, despite nine of them being rated good or excellent by the official health regulator.

The latest Hospital Guide from the Dr Foster organisation has identified 27 trusts with unusually high mortality rates – totalling 5,000 more deaths than expected.

Of the 12 worst performing trusts in the new league table, nine were recently judged by the Care Quality Commission watchdog to be good or excellent.

The Mid Yorkshire Hospitals Trust, which runs Dewsbury and District Hospital, said its new rate could look alarming to patients as it was much higher than last year.

The mortality rate measures the likelihood of someone dying compared to actual deaths. The trust said although its mortality rate had increased, the actual number of people dying in hospital had come down.

The Conservatives have called for a “massive overhaul” of the inspection regime, saying the data highlighted an “extraordinary contrast” between the Dr Foster and “box ticking” official assessments.

Shadow health minister Stephen O’Brien said: “Clearly there needs to be a massive overhaul in the way that the inspection regime is working.”