Royal Oldham Hospital
- Regulation
- —
- Date
- 18 Dec 2025
We also identified regulatory breaches relating to responsivity, medicines management, and health and safety that did not form part of the warning notice.
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
Royal Sussex County Hospital
- Regulation
- —
- Date
- 17 Dec 2025
Following the assessment, we issued a letter of intent about possible urgent enforcement action under section 31 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 and asked the provider for an action plan in response to the serious concerns found at this assessment.
Royal Sussex County Hospital
- Regulation
- Regulation 12 (Safe care and treatment)
- Date
- 17 Dec 2025
We found 2 breaches in regulation in relation to safe care and treatment and privacy and dignity.
Royal Sussex County Hospital
- Regulation
- —
- Date
- 17 Dec 2025
Improvements were not found at this assessment, and the service remained in breach of regulations.
Royal Sussex County Hospital
- Regulation
- Regulation 12 (Safe care and treatment)
- Date
- 17 Dec 2025
The service was previously in breach of regulation 12 Safe Care and Treatment and regulation 10 Dignity and respect.
Royal Sussex County Hospital
- Regulation
- —
- Date
- 17 Dec 2025
The breach was in relation to risks not being addressed in a timely manner, staff access to patient information, assurance through auditing systems, setting of targets and benchmarking processes.
Royal Sussex County Hospital
- Regulation
- —
- Date
- 17 Dec 2025
We also found breaches in relation to the governance of the service.
Royal Sussex County Hospital
- Regulation
- —
- Date
- 17 Dec 2025
The breaches related to appropriate management of risks including induction of labour and caesarean section delays, medicines management, safeguarding and the premises at Sussex House.
Royal Sussex County Hospital
- Regulation
- Regulation 12 (Safe care and treatment)
- Date
- 17 Dec 2025
The service was in breach of legal regulation(s) in relation to people’s safe care and treatment and governance.
Royal Sussex County Hospital
- Regulation
- —
- Date
- 17 Dec 2025
We found 5 breaches in regulations.
Royal Sussex County Hospital
- Regulation
- —
- Date
- 17 Dec 2025
Although we saw improvements during this assessment (2025) the service remained in breach of regulations.
Royal Sussex County Hospital
- Regulation
- Regulation 12 (Safe care and treatment)
- Date
- 17 Dec 2025
Following the focused inspection in 2021, we saw improvements, but the service was in breach of regulation 12: safe care and treatment in relation to triage processes and checks on lifesaving equipment.
Royal Sussex County Hospital
- Regulation
- Regulation 12 (Safe care and treatment)
- Date
- 17 Dec 2025
At this assessment of maternity services, we identified 5 breaches of regulations in relation to safe care and treatment and good governance.
Royal Sussex County Hospital
- Regulation
- Regulation 12 (Safe care and treatment)
- Date
- 17 Dec 2025
At the assessment of Urgent and Emergency Care we found 2 breaches in regulation in relation to safe care and treatment and privacy and dignity.
Queen's Hospital
- Regulation
- Regulation 12 (Safe care and treatment)
- Date
- 03 Dec 2025
At this assessment we identified a breach of safe care and treatment.
Queen's Hospital
- Regulation
- Regulation 12 (Safe care and treatment)
- Date
- 03 Dec 2025
However, the service was in breach of the regulation for safe care and treatment, in relation to incidents and medicines management.
Queen's Hospital
- Regulation
- —
- Date
- 03 Dec 2025
As this was a focused assessment we only looked at the safe and well led domains, where there were breaches of regulation.
Medway Maritime Hospital
- Regulation
- —
- Date
- 28 Nov 2025
Following this assessment, significant improvements had been made, and the Warning Notice had been met.
Medway Maritime Hospital
- Regulation
- —
- Date
- 28 Nov 2025
We carried out this unannounced assessment of urgent and emergency services on the 29 and 30 April 2025 to review a Warning Notice issued to the trust in April 2024.
Medway Maritime Hospital
- Regulation
- —
- Date
- 28 Nov 2025
This assessment looked at urgent and emergency services to follow up on a Warning Notice issued in April 2024, when we rated urgent and emergency services requires improvement.
Medway Maritime Hospital
- Regulation
- Regulation 10 (Dignity and respect)
- Date
- 28 Nov 2025
The service was in breach of the legal regulations relating to dignity and respect and safe care and treatment.
Medway Maritime Hospital
- Regulation
- —
- Date
- 28 Nov 2025
Improvements were found at this assessment, but the service remained in breach of these regulations.
Medway Maritime Hospital
- Regulation
- Regulation 10 (Dignity and respect)
- Date
- 28 Nov 2025
The service was previously in breach of the legal regulations in relation to dignity and respect and safe care and treatment.
Royal Hampshire County Hospital
- Regulation
- —
- Date
- 26 Nov 2025
The breaches were around the reduced quality of care or people’s experiences.
Royal Hampshire County Hospital
- Regulation
- —
- Date
- 26 Nov 2025
This was a follow up assessment following breaches of regulations found in November 2021.
Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital
- Regulation
- —
- Date
- 26 Nov 2025
The breaches were around the reduced quality of care or people’s experiences.
Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital
- Regulation
- —
- Date
- 26 Nov 2025
This was a follow up assessment following breaches of regulations found in November 2021.
Ealing Hospital
- Regulation
- Regulation 10 (Dignity and respect)
- Date
- 26 Nov 2025
Urgent and emergency care Overall, the service was rated as requires improvement with breaches of regulation 10, dignity and respect and regulation12 safe care.
Ealing Hospital
- Regulation
- —
- Date
- 26 Nov 2025
During our assessment we identified areas for improvements and some breaches of regulation.
Ealing Hospital
- Regulation
- Regulation 10 (Dignity and respect)
- Date
- 26 Nov 2025
Urgent and emergency care Overall, the service was rated as requires improvement with breaches of regulation 10, dignity and respect and regulation 12 safe care and treatment.
Northwick Park Hospital
- Regulation
- Regulation 10 (Dignity and respect)
- Date
- 26 Nov 2025
The rating of Northwick Park hospital has remained the same, requires improvement with breaches of regulation 10, dignity and respect and regulation 12, safe care and treatment.
HMP Peterborough Prison
- Regulation
- Regulation 12 (Safe care and treatment)
- Date
- 18 Nov 2025
In October 2024 we carried out a joint inspection with His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Prisons (HMIP), where we found breaches of regulation relating to safe care and treatment, and good governance.
Queen's Hospital
- Regulation
- —
- Date
- 17 Nov 2025
After the inspection, the CQC issued a Section 31 letter of intent, identifying significant risks.
Queen's Hospital
- Regulation
- —
- Date
- 17 Nov 2025
Inspectors observed breaches of patient dignity and confidentiality, including unsecured patient notes and overcrowded waiting areas, which staff had not fully addressed.
Northampton General Hospital
- Regulation
- —
- Date
- 13 Nov 2025
We carried out this assessment to check the quality of services in response to a Section 29A Warning Notice (WN) we served to the trust in March 2025 following an onsite assessment in February 2025.
Northampton General Hospital
- Regulation
- —
- Date
- 13 Nov 2025
We undertook the assessment to check the quality of services in response to a Section 29A Warning Notice (WN) we served the trust in March 2025 following an assessment in February 2025.
Queens Hospital
- Regulation
- —
- Date
- 07 Nov 2025
This was an unannounced assessment to review compliance against the urgent enforcement action we took in August 2023.
Royal Derby Hospital
- Regulation
- —
- Date
- 07 Nov 2025
This was a scheduled assessment to review compliance with the urgent enforcement action we took in August 2023 University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust provide maternity services for women in Derbyshire at Royal Derby and Queens Hospital.
Whipps Cross University Hospital
- Regulation
- Regulation 12 (Safe care and treatment)
- Date
- 17 Oct 2025
We found 3 breaches of the regulations in relation to safe care and treatment, premises and equipment and good governance.
Basildon University Hospital
- Regulation
- —
- Date
- 15 Oct 2025
While there had been some improvements in governance system, there were repeated breaches which reflected improvements were not always being sustained.
Basildon University Hospital
- Regulation
- Regulation 12 (Safe care and treatment)
- Date
- 15 Oct 2025
We found five breaches of the legal regulations concerning safe care and treatment, premises and equipment, and good governance.
Basildon University Hospital
- Regulation
- —
- Date
- 15 Oct 2025
We did find breaches of the legal regulations during this inspection, though it was evident that the service was on an improvement trajectory.
Basildon University Hospital
- Regulation
- Regulation 12 (Safe care and treatment)
- Date
- 15 Oct 2025
We found 2 breaches of the legal regulations in relation to safe care and treatment and governance.
Basildon University Hospital
- Regulation
- Regulation 12 (Safe care and treatment)
- Date
- 15 Oct 2025
We found 5 breaches of the legal regulations in relation to safe care and treatment, premises and equipment and governance.
Nightingale Hospital Exeter
- Regulation
- Regulation 12 (Safe care and treatment)
- Date
- 14 Oct 2025
At this assessment we identified breaches of regulations for diagnostic imaging in relation to Regulation 12, Safe Care and Treatment and have asked the trust to provide an action plan.
Colchester General Hospital
- Regulation
- Regulation 12 (Safe care and treatment)
- Date
- 08 Oct 2025
We previously inspected in 2022 and found 2 breaches of regulations relating to safe care and treatment, staffing and good governance.
Colchester General Hospital
- Regulation
- Regulation 12 (Safe care and treatment)
- Date
- 08 Oct 2025
We found breaches in regulation relating to consent, safe care and treatment, safeguarding, good governance, and staffing.
Colchester General Hospital
- Regulation
- —
- Date
- 08 Oct 2025
During our assessment, we found concerns which resulted in breaches of regulation in which we served a warning notice.
Colchester General Hospital
- Regulation
- Regulation 12 (Safe care and treatment)
- Date
- 08 Oct 2025
We previously inspected on 3 November 2022 and found 4 breaches of regulations relating to safe care and treatment, premises and equipment, good governance and staffing.
Colchester General Hospital
- Regulation
- Regulation 12 (Safe care and treatment)
- Date
- 08 Oct 2025
We found breaches in regulation 12 in relation to safe care and treatment, regulation 15 premises and equipment and regulation 17 good 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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