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Harrogate District Hospital

Provider Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust Type NHS Healthcare Organisation Region Yorkshire & Humberside Last inspected 7 Jan 2026

Overall rating: Good  View full CQC report

Domain ratings

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

Current CQC assessment

Single Assessment Framework

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

Good Assessed 7 January 2026
The service is performing well and meeting our expectations.
Harrogate and District Hospital was initially registered with CQC in December 2010. Additional registrations of specific regulatory activities took place up to 2023.Treatment of disease, disorder or injury, Assessment or medical treatment for persons detained under the Mental Health Act 1983, Family Planning, Diagnostic and Screening procedures, Management of blood and blood derived products, Personal care, Maternity and midwifery services, surgical procedures, Termination of pregnancies, Transport services, triage and medical advice provided remotely and Treatment of disease, disorder or injury.The service had a controlled drugs accountable officer and a Nominated …

Ratings by service

Maternity
Good
May 2025

Regulatory breaches & enforcement

Current-framework "must do" equivalent

Breaches of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014, stated verbatim in the CQC assessment.

Breaches identified (3)

Breach Overall
The service had made improvements, however, had not met fully the previous breaches identified by the 2022 CQC report which reported on the safe and well-led quality statements.
· 7 Jan 2026
Breach Safe
We found breaches of regulations within: 12 Safe Care and Treatment
Regulation: Regulation 12 (Safe care and treatment) · 7 Jan 2026
Breach Safe
We found some breaches against regulations: 12 Safe Care and Treatment
Regulation: Regulation 12 (Safe care and treatment) · 7 Jan 2026

Earlier inspection findings

pre-2024 framework · 2 must-do 3 should-do

Must-do actions (2)

Legal requirements based on regulation breaches identified during inspection.

Must-do action 1 of 2
Must do
Safe
The service must ensure they embed a system of oversight for women attending the maternity assessment centre to prioritise their care appropriately and monitored.
Regulation: Regulation 12(2)(a)
⚠ There was no clear system in place to identify and prioritise risks to women in the maternity assessment area. We did not find evidence of triage categories or prioritisation given to women who used the service in the 8 patient records we checked in this area, and when we asked …
Must-do action 2 of 2
Must do
Safe
The service must ensure all equipment is checked and escalated if needed in line with local policy guidance and regulations.
Regulation: Regulation 12(2)(a)
⚠ Regular checks on lifesaving equipment were not completed in line with trust policy. We found a number of gaps in daily and monthly checklists for emergency trolleys and resuscitaires across different areas of the service, including missing items and out-of-date flowcharts for emergency management. This was a risk to patients …

Should-do actions (3)

Recommended improvements to enhance service quality.

Should-do action 1 of 3
Should do
Well-led
The service should complete all relevant documentation when incidents are reviewed.
Should-do action 2 of 3
Should do
Well-led
The service should continue to ensure staff receive appropriate support, training, professional development supervision and appraisal.
Should-do action 3 of 3
Should do
Well-led
The service should continue to embed systems to assess, monitor and improve the quality and safety of the services.

Location details

CQC ID: RCD01
Local authority: North Yorkshire
Region: Yorkshire & Humberside

Inspection report

Type: Location
Date: 17 March 2023
Rating: Good
Actions: 2 must-do 3 should-do
AI-extracted 2 Jun 2026