Source · CQC inspection

Royal United Hospital Bath

Provider Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust Type NHS Healthcare Organisation Region South West Last inspected 13 May 2026

Overall rating: Requires Improvement  View full CQC report

Domain ratings

Five CQC key questions
Safe
Requires Improvement
Effective
Good
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 13 May 2026
The service is not performing as well as it should and we have told the service how it must improve.
Overall location summary: Date of assessment: 21 October 2025 to 28 November 2025. The Royal United Hospital Bath, provides a range of NHS hospital services. This assessment looked at Urgent and Emergency Services following multiple sources of information received about overcrowding and concerns regarding patient safety, which we rated as requires improvement. The rating of Urgent and Emergency Services has been combined with the ratings of all the other services from the last inspections. See our previous reports to get a full picture of all the other services at the …

Ratings by service

Urgent and emergency services
Requires Improvement
Sep 2025
Surgery
Good
May 2024

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 (2)

Breach Safe
We found 3 breaches of the regulations in relation to safe care and treatment, staffing and governance.
Regulation: Regulation 12 (Safe care and treatment) · 13 May 2026
Breach Safe
At this assessment, we identified breaches of regulations in relation to safe care and treatment, staffing, and good governance.
Regulation: Regulation 12 (Safe care and treatment) · 13 May 2026

Earlier inspection findings

pre-2024 framework · 4 should-do

Should-do actions (4)

Recommended improvements to enhance service quality.

Should-do action 1 of 4
Should do
Safe
The service should ensure the compliance for emergency training and adult basic life support training meet the trust target for compliance.
Should-do action 2 of 4
Should do
Safe
The service should make sure all women and birthing people are asked the relevant safeguarding questions at each contact.
Should-do action 3 of 4
Should do
Safe
All staff should be compliant with infection control compliance and hand hygiene.
Should-do action 4 of 4
Should do
Safe
All staff should complete the daily checking of emergency equipment.

Location details

CQC ID: RD130
Local authority: Bath and North East Somerset
Region: South West

Inspection report

Type: Location
Date: 27 March 2024
Rating: Requires Improvement
Actions: 4 should-do
AI-extracted 2 Jun 2026