Croydon's under-fire Hospital NHS trust has been slammed as worse than rival trusts in a review of its patients.

The damning review, conducted by the Care Quality Commission, assessed the experience of 423 patients at Croydon University Hospital.

The hospital, formerly Mayday, is currently without a permanent chief executive or chairman of its board of directors.

And the review found it to be worse, when compared to other trusts, in eight out of ten categories.

In particular the hospital, operated by Croydon Health Services NHS Trust, scored just 4.4 out of ten on admission to hospital beds and wards, 4.5 on quality of food, 4.5 on having someone to discuss fears and worries with and 4.1 on being warned of danger signs when discharged, all worse than its rivals.

A spokesman for Croydon Health Services NHS Trust described the results as "very disappointing".

She said: "We have put in place a number of actions over the past year to improve the overall experience for our patients, but we know there is more we need to do.

"We realise there are no quick fixes but this work will lead to consistent and sustained improvements over time and is a gradual process."

The news comes after the resignation of the Trust’s chief executive Nick Hulme in February, following another scathing CQC review, and the resignation of board of directors chairman Brian Phillpott in March.

The hospital’s A&E and Maternity wards are also under threat of closure as part of the Better Services Better Value review of health services provided across south west London.

Handling waiting lists and hospital appointments and the hospital’s methods of dealing with patients leaving the hospital were judged to be the same as other trusts.

No areas were praised as better than its rivals.

The trust has highlighted three priority areas to improve results, recruiting permanent nurses and midwives to reduce the number of temporary staff on wards, ensuring patients are properly informed before an operation or procedure and carrying out its own spot checks to ensure high performance levels from staff.

The spokesman for the trust said: "Our staff are working hard to improve things for our patients and we recognise you want to see what we’re doing.

"Patients and visitors can check the ward boards for updates, we’ll post regular stories on our website and issue releases to the local media on progress."