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Star ratings
Hospital waiting room

The government's Healthcare Commission has revealed that controversial star ratings for hospitals are to be scrapped.

Next year will be the last time the system will be used after which a new "health check" for the NHS will be brought into operation, it was announced on Monday.

Government Response: Department of Health

Lord Warner, health minister, said: