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Milton Keynes Hospital

Provider Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Type NHS Healthcare Organisation Region South East Last inspected 3 Oct 2025

Overall rating: Good  View full CQC report

Domain ratings

Five CQC key questions
Safe
Good
Effective
Good
Caring
Good
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 3 October 2025
The service is performing well and meeting our expectations.
Date of assessment: 31 July 2024 – 1 August 2024. Milton Keynes Hospital provides a range of NHS hospital services. This assessment looked at maternity services, which we rated as good. The rating of maternity has been combined with ratings of the other services from the last inspections. See our previous reports to get a full picture of all other services at Milton Keynes Hospital. The rating of Milton Keynes Hospital remains good This was a focussed inspection, and we inspected quality statements across safe and well led. We identified …

Ratings by service

Maternity
Good
Oct 2025
Urgent and emergency services
Good
Apr 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 (1)

Breach Well-led
We identified breaches in regulation 18 staffing, regulation 17 good governance and regulation 15 premises and equipment.
Regulation: Regulation 18 (Staffing) · 3 Oct 2025

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
Caring
The trust should consider ensuring the bereavement room is soundproof to improve the experience of bereaved women and families who have experienced a loss.
Should-do action 2 of 4
Should do
Well-led
The trust should continue to improve the incidents reporting process in the service.
Should-do action 3 of 4
Should do
Well-led
The trust should continue to address the vacancy and sickness rates in maternity staffing.
Should-do action 4 of 4
Should do
Effective
The trust should continue to address the high smoking rates of pregnant women at booking and post delivery.

Location details

CQC ID: RD816
Local authority: Milton Keynes
Region: South East

Inspection report

Type: Location
Date: 5 July 2023
Rating: Good
Actions: 4 should-do
AI-extracted 2 Jun 2026