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Hinchingbrooke Hospital

Provider North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust Type NHS Healthcare Organisation Region East Last inspected 8 Jun 2023

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

Earlier inspection findings

pre-2024 framework · 1 must-do 6 should-do

Must-do actions (1)

Legal requirements based on regulation breaches identified during inspection.

Must-do action 1 of 1
Must do
Safe
The service must ensure achievement and maintenance of national safety actions. Such as to include full risk assessments of all women and pregnant people at each appointment and improve all pre and post-delivery care documentation. Aswell as to complete and respond to audit findings.
Regulation: Regulation 12 (Safe care and treatment) (1)(2)(a)(b)
⚠ Staff did not always complete all aspects of risk assessments for women and birthing people, including those related to the Saving Babies Lives Care Bundle, CO levels, MEOWS, and sepsis 6 care bundle. The service had not achieved all 10 national safety actions, including ensuring a supernumerary labour ward shift …

Should-do actions (6)

Recommended improvements to enhance service quality.

Should-do action 1 of 6
Should do
Safe
The trust should ensure staff were uptodate with their fetal monitoring competency test training.
Should-do action 2 of 6
Should do
Safe
The service should ensure that all service staff attend their safeguarding training and are given protected time to attend safeguarding supervision throughout the year.
Should-do action 3 of 6
Should do
Safe
The service should ensure that safety huddles are not interrupted so that patient reviews are completed safely without distraction.
Should-do action 4 of 6
Should do
Safe
The service should ensure that only experienced healthcare professionals complete telephone triage calls to ensure safe telephone risk assessments recommendations are safe and accurate.
Should-do action 5 of 6
Should do
Safe
The service should ensure that there is always a Supernummary labour ward shift co-ordinator.
Should-do action 6 of 6
Should do
Safe
The service should ensure that it continues to improve the hours of obstetric registrar cover provided for around the clock in Triage and DAU.

Location details

CQC ID: RGN90
Local authority: Cambridgeshire
Region: East

Inspection report

Type: Location
Date: 8 June 2023
Rating: Requires Improvement
Actions: 1 must-do 6 should-do
AI-extracted 3 Jun 2026