Princess Royal Hospital
- Regulation
- Regulation 18 (Staffing)
- Date
- 29 Jul 2026
The service was previously in breach of legal regulation 18: staffing.
CQC Enforcement (Single Assessment Framework)
Regulatory breaches and the formal action the Care Quality Commission took on them, as named in CQC Single Assessment Framework assessment commentary from 2024 onward. CQC publishes no separate machine-readable enforcement register, so each record is the breach statement quoted verbatim from the assessment and classified by the action stated there. A letter of intent is recorded separately from urgent action, so an action CQC is only considering is never shown as one already taken.
549 records114 warning notices131 locationsSep 2026 most recent
Coverage: England. Regulatory breaches and the formal action taken on them, named verbatim in CQC Single Assessment Framework assessment commentary from 2024 onward. Scoped to NHS-trust locations by default, so it is not a complete record of CQC enforcement across the whole regulated estate.
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Enforcement actions
Princess Royal Hospital
- Regulation
- Regulation 12 (Safe care and treatment)
- Date
- 29 Jul 2026
At this assessment we identified breaches of regulations in relation to regulation 12: Safe Care and Treatment and regulation 17: Good Governance.
Princess Royal Hospital
- Regulation
- Regulation 18 (Staffing)
- Date
- 29 Jul 2026
The service continued to have poor staffing levels and remained in breach of regulation 18: Staffing.
University Hospital
- Regulation
- Regulation 18 (Staffing)
- Date
- 28 Jul 2026
We identified 1 breach of regulation during our inspection of gynaecology services which was in relation to training for staff (Regulation 18 (2) (a) ).
Bradford Royal Infirmary
- Regulation
- Regulation 12 (Safe care and treatment)
- Date
- 22 Jul 2026
The service was in breach of the legal regulations relating to safe care and treatment, premises and equipment, staffing, person centred-care and good governance.
Bradford Royal Infirmary
- Regulation
- —
- Date
- 22 Jul 2026
We found 5 breaches of regulation.
Scunthorpe General Hospital
- Regulation
- —
- Date
- 17 Jul 2026
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Details on how we score can be found on our website: https://www.cqc.org.uk/about-us/how-we-do-our-job/ratings You can find further information about we carried out our assessments at: https://www.cqc.org.uk/about-us/how-we-do-our-job/what-we-do-inspection Action we have taken: We found the following breaches of regulation.
Newham University Hospital
- Regulation
- Regulation 12 (Safe care and treatment)
- Date
- 17 Jul 2026
We found breaches of regulations relating to safe care and treatment and staffing.
Osborne Court
- Regulation
- Regulation 11 (Need for consent)
- Date
- 17 Jul 2026
The provider was in breach of regulation in relation to Regulation 11 Need for Consent, Regulation 12 Safe Care and Treatment, and Regulation 17 Good Governance.
St Mary's Hospital
- Regulation
- Regulation 12 (Safe care and treatment)
- Date
- 16 Jul 2026
The service was in breach of the legal regulation relating to safe care and treatment, environment and governance.
St Mary's Hospital
- Regulation
- —
- Date
- 16 Jul 2026
At this assessment we identified breaches of regulations in relation to safeguarding.
St Mary's Hospital
- Regulation
- Regulation 12 (Safe care and treatment)
- Date
- 16 Jul 2026
We found breaches of regulations in relation to safeguarding, safe care and treatment, environment and governance.
The Princess Royal Hospital
- Regulation
- Regulation 18 (Staffing)
- Date
- 15 Jul 2026
There were breaches of regulation relating to non-compliance in mandatory training, staffing and turnaround times for some examinations.
The Princess Royal Hospital
- Regulation
- —
- Date
- 15 Jul 2026
There were combined breaches with outpatients and diagnostic imaging, stating that the trust must ensure to make improvements; we reviewed all these breaches during this inspection, and we found many areas requiring the improvements had been met.
Royal Shrewsbury Hospital
- Regulation
- —
- Date
- 15 Jul 2026
There were breaches of regulation relating to non-compliance in mandatory training, and turnaround times for some examinations.
King's Mill Hospital
- Regulation
- —
- Date
- 15 Jul 2026
We identified a breach of the regulation due to lack of patients monitoring and observation following administration of sedation medication.
William Harvey Hospital
- Regulation
- —
- Date
- 10 Jul 2026
Although the service had made improvements since our last visit (some breaches had been addressed) further improvements were required.
William Harvey Hospital
- Regulation
- Regulation 10 (Dignity and respect)
- Date
- 10 Jul 2026
Although we saw improvements during this assessment we identified multiple breaches in relation to safe care and treatment and 1 breach in relation to dignity and respect.
William Harvey Hospital
- Regulation
- —
- Date
- 10 Jul 2026
This assessment was in response to information of concern we received, to follow up on past breaches in regulation and the associated with risk within the service.
William Harvey Hospital
- Regulation
- —
- Date
- 10 Jul 2026
We also carried out an inspection of the UEC service in 2023 although we did not rate this inspection we found 5 breaches in regulation.
William Harvey Hospital
- Regulation
- Regulation 10 (Dignity and respect)
- Date
- 10 Jul 2026
At this assessment of Urgent and Emergency Care, we identified multiple breaches of regulations in relation to safe care and treatment and 1 breach in relation to dignity and respect.
Great Western Hospital
- Regulation
- Regulation 17 (Good governance)
- Date
- 10 Jul 2026
There was a breach of regulation 17 good governance, in relation to the service not being assured auditing systems, setting targets and benchmarking processes were embedded.
Fairfield General Hospital
- Regulation
- Regulation 12 (Safe care and treatment)
- Date
- 09 Jul 2026
We found 7 regulatory breaches relating to safe care and treatment, governance and staffing.
Fairfield General Hospital
- Regulation
- Regulation 12 (Safe care and treatment)
- Date
- 09 Jul 2026
We found 4 regulatory breaches relating to safe care and treatment, staffing, environment and equipment and governance.
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital
- Regulation
- Regulation 12 (Safe care and treatment)
- Date
- 08 Jul 2026
The service breached legal regulations relating to safe care and treatment, and to premises and equipment.
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital
- Regulation
- —
- Date
- 08 Jul 2026
During our assessment, we found concerns which resulted in a breach of regulation.
Danescourt
- Regulation
- Regulation 12 (Safe care and treatment)
- Date
- 30 Jun 2026
We identified 3 breaches of regulation relating to consent, good governance, and safe care and treatment.
Fleetwood Hospital
- Regulation
- Regulation 17 (Good governance)
- Date
- 29 Jun 2026
At the previous inspection, the service was found to be in breach of regulations relating to good governance.
Blackpool Victoria Hospital
- Regulation
- Regulation 12 (Safe care and treatment)
- Date
- 29 Jun 2026
The service had made improvements and we found areas had improved, however there were continued breaches of safe care and treatment, premises and equipment and staffing.
Blackpool Victoria Hospital
- Regulation
- Regulation 12 (Safe care and treatment)
- Date
- 29 Jun 2026
At the last inspection the service was in breach of safe care and treatment, good governance and staffing.
Huddersfield Royal Infirmary
- Regulation
- —
- Date
- 29 Jun 2026
After our completed assessment we issued the trust the following breach of regulation; The trust must ensure all outpatient environments, equipment and staff facilities are appropriate for the delivery of safe care.
Huddersfield Royal Infirmary
- Regulation
- Regulation 12 (Safe care and treatment)
- Date
- 26 Jun 2026
However, we found continued breaches of legal regulations in relation to regulation 12 safe care and treatment relating to safe staffing, mandatory and safeguarding training compliance and medicines management (see specific headers for summary).
Huddersfield Royal Infirmary
- Regulation
- Regulation 17 (Good governance)
- Date
- 26 Jun 2026
We also found breaches in regulation 17 (good governance) relating to inconsistent record keeping on the electronic patient record and non-adherence to trust policy.
Huddersfield Royal Infirmary
- Regulation
- Regulation 18 (Staffing)
- Date
- 26 Jun 2026
We found breaches in regulation 18 (staffing) relating to safe staffing.
Huddersfield Royal Infirmary
- Regulation
- Regulation 12 (Safe care and treatment)
- Date
- 26 Jun 2026
However, we found continued breaches of legal regulations in relation to regulation 12 safe care and treatment relating to essential skills training and safeguarding training compliance and medicines management (see specific headers for summary).
Huddersfield Royal Infirmary
- Regulation
- Regulation 17 (Good governance)
- Date
- 26 Jun 2026
We also found a breach of regulation 17 (good governance) relating to the inconsistent upload of patient information onto the electronic patient record.
Huddersfield Royal Infirmary
- Regulation
- Regulation 18 (Staffing)
- Date
- 26 Jun 2026
We found a breach of regulation 18 (staffing) relating to safe and effective staffing.
Huddersfield Royal Infirmary
- Regulation
- —
- Date
- 26 Jun 2026
We identified breaches of regulation.
Fairfield General Hospital
- Regulation
- Regulation 12 (Safe care and treatment)
- Date
- 26 Jun 2026
We found 7 regulatory breaches relating to safe care and treatment, governance and staffing.
Fairfield General Hospital
- Regulation
- Regulation 12 (Safe care and treatment)
- Date
- 26 Jun 2026
We found 4 regulatory breaches relating to safe care and treatment, staffing, environment and equipment and governance.
Calderdale Royal Hospital
- Regulation
- —
- Date
- 25 Jun 2026
After our completed assessment, we issued the trust the following breach of regulation; The trust must ensure all outpatient environments, equipment and staff facilities are appropriate for the delivery of safe care.
Calderdale Royal Hospital
- Regulation
- Regulation 15 (Premises and equipment)
- Date
- 25 Jun 2026
We found one breach of regulation relating to premises and equipment at this assessment.
Croydon University Hospital
- Regulation
- —
- Date
- 25 Jun 2026
We found that the service had put in mitigations to improve patient safety, however, the service remained in breach of this regulation.
Croydon University Hospital
- Regulation
- —
- Date
- 25 Jun 2026
We saw improvements had been made; however, the service remained in breach of this regulation.
Croydon University Hospital
- Regulation
- —
- Date
- 25 Jun 2026
The service was previously in breach of the legal regulation in relation to privacy and dignity.
Croydon University Hospital
- Regulation
- —
- Date
- 25 Jun 2026
As a result of these concerns, we issued a warning notice on 24 April 2025.
Hull Royal Infirmary
- Regulation
- Regulation 12 (Safe care and treatment)
- Date
- 19 Jun 2026
We found new breaches of legal Regulations in relation to good governance, safe care and treatment, receiving and acting on complaints and Duty of Candour.
Hull Royal Infirmary
- Regulation
- Regulation 18 (Staffing)
- Date
- 19 Jun 2026
We found continued breaches of legal Regulations in relation to staffing.
Church View - Princess of Wales Community Hospital
- Regulation
- Regulation 11 (Need for consent)
- Date
- 15 Jun 2026
The provider was in breach of regulations in relation to Regulation 11 Need for Consent, Regulation 12 Safe Care and Treatment, Regulation 13 Safeguarding and Regulation 17 Good Governance.
Darlington Memorial Hospital
- Regulation
- Regulation 12 (Safe care and treatment)
- Date
- 12 Jun 2026
We found breaches of the regulations in relation to safe care and treatment, safe staffing and governance.
Records by action taken
Read the chart values
| Category | Value |
|---|---|
| Regulatory breach | 402 |
| Requirement notice | 13 |
| Warning notice | 114 |
| Condition of registration | 2 |
| Letter of intent | 10 |
| Urgent enforcement | 8 |
The chart shows the mix of formal actions named across the loaded records.
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