Source · CQC inspection

Arrowe Park Hospital

Provider Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Type NHS Healthcare Organisation Region North West Last inspected 24 Oct 2025

Overall rating: Requires Improvement  View full CQC report

Domain ratings

Five CQC key questions
Safe
Requires Improvement
Effective
Requires Improvement
Caring
Good
Responsive
Requires Improvement
Well-led
Requires Improvement

Current CQC assessment

Single Assessment Framework

From 2024 CQC rates services through ongoing assessments rather than comprehensive inspections.

Requires Improvement Assessed 24 October 2025
The service is not performing as well as it should and we have told the service how it must improve.
At our last assessment we rated this key question requires improvement. At this assessment, the rating has remained requires improvement. 

Ratings by service

Medical care (Including older people's care)
Requires Improvement
Apr 2025
Urgent and emergency services
Requires Improvement
Apr 2025
Medical care (Including older people's care)
Requires Improvement
Mar 2025
Urgent and emergency services
Requires Improvement
Mar 2025

Earlier inspection findings

pre-2024 framework · 2 should-do

Should-do actions (2)

Recommended improvements to enhance service quality.

Should-do action 1 of 2
Should do
Safe
The service should ensure the staffing model and deployment used in triage does not delay access to assessment and treatment.
Should-do action 2 of 2
Should do
Safe
The service should ensure there are no out of date medicines within medicine stocks.

Location details

CQC ID: RBL14
Local authority: Wirral
Region: North West

Inspection report

Type: Location
Date: 10 August 2023
Rating: Requires Improvement
Actions: 2 should-do
AI-extracted 3 Jun 2026