Source · CQC inspection
Manor Hospital
Provider Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust
Type NHS Healthcare Organisation
Region West Midlands
Last inspected 12 Jan 2026
Overall rating: Requires Improvement View full CQC report
Domain ratings
Safe
Requires Improvement
Effective
Requires Improvement
Caring
Good
Responsive
Good
Well-led
Requires Improvement
Current CQC assessment
Requires Improvement
The service is not performing as well as it should and we have told the service how it must improve.
Ratings by service
Critical care
Requires Improvement
Medical care (Including older people's care)
Requires Improvement
Urgent and emergency services
Requires Improvement
Regulatory breaches & enforcement
Warning notice
Overall
We carried out this assessment to follow up on requirements and a warning notice made during a previous inspection in Autumn 2022 as well as to respond to concerns.
Warning notice
Overall
Following this inspection the rating for safe improved to requires improvement and we found the warning notice had been met.
Breaches identified (2)
Breach
Overall
A number of nursing staff were carrying out additional bank shifts in other areas of the trust triggering European Union working time directive breach notifications.
Breach
Safe
We found 3 breaches of Regulation 12, Safe Care and Treatment and 2 breaches of Regulation 17, Good Governance.
Earlier inspection findings
Must-do actions (1)
Must-do action 1 of 1
Must do
Safe
The trust must ensure medicines are prescribed, administered and stored safely
Should-do actions (2)
Should-do action 1 of 2
Should do
Safe
The trust should ensure that medicine prescribers clearly identify themselves and either print their name next to their signature or print their General Medical Council number.
Should-do action 2 of 2
Should do
Safe
The trust should consider a review of the use of the 1 stop medicine electronic storage and dispensing system on AMU.