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Barking Birth Centre

Provider Barts Health NHS Trust Type NHS Healthcare Organisation Region London Last inspected 15 Nov 2022

Location rating: Requires Improvement  View location on CQC

Location ratings by domain

Five CQC key questions

Ratings held for this CQC location under the inspection framework, last inspected 15 November 2022. Ratings extracted from individual reports are shown separately below.

Safe
Requires Improvement
Effective
Not Yet Rated
Caring
Not Yet Rated
Responsive
Not Yet Rated
Well-led
Requires Improvement

Most recent report indexed for actions

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Type: Location
Date: 15 November 2022
Rating extracted from this report: Requires Improvement
Actions indexed: 1 must-do 3 should-do

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AI-extracted 2 Jun 2026

Earlier inspection findings

pre-2024 framework · 1 must-do 3 should-do

Must-do actions (1)

Legal requirements based on regulation breaches identified during inspection.

Must-do action 1 of 1
Must do
Safe
The trust must ensure medicines prescribed through patient group directions are reviewed.
Regulation: Regulation 12 (1)(2)(g)
⚠ We found that some patient group directions (PGDs) were not in use or were in draft format.

Should-do actions (3)

Recommended improvements to enhance service quality.

Should-do action 1 of 3
Should do
Safe
The trust should ensure staff have regular birth pool evacuation training.
Should-do action 2 of 3
Should do
Safe
The trust should ensure staff have regular baby abduction prevention drills.
Should-do action 3 of 3
Should do
Safe
The trust should consider reminding staff about closing sharps boxes.