Source · CQC inspection

Nightingale Hospital Exeter

Provider Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Type NHS Healthcare Organisation Region South West Last inspected 14 Oct 2025

Overall rating: Good

Domain ratings

Five CQC key questions

Safe

Requires Improvement

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 14 October 2025

The service is performing well and meeting our expectations.

Date of assessment: 5 to 6 June 2025. Nightingale Hospital Exeter provides a range of NHS hospital services. This assessment looked at outpatients, surgery for orthopaedics and ophthalmology and diagnostic imaging as these services had not previously been inspected. The location was rated good overall. In our assessment of all 3 services, we found the service had a good safety culture. The environment was safe, clean and fit for purpose. The service monitored all people’s care and treatment to continuously improve it and delivered effective evidence-based care and treatment. Staff …

Ratings by service

Diagnostic imaging

Good

Apr 2025

Diagnostic imaging

Good

Apr 2025

Diagnostic imaging

Good

Apr 2025

Outpatients

Good

Apr 2025

Outpatients

Good

Apr 2025

Outpatients

Good

Apr 2025

Surgery

Good

Apr 2025

Surgery

Good

Apr 2025

Surgery

Good

Apr 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 (1)

Breach Safe

At this assessment we identified breaches of regulations for diagnostic imaging in relation to Regulation 12, Safe Care and Treatment and have asked the trust to provide an action plan.

Regulation: Regulation 12 (Safe care and treatment) · 14 Oct 2025

Location details

CQC ID: RH8K6

Local authority: Devon

Region: South West

Related PFD reports

2025-0321 — Andrew Tizard-Varcoe (Mar 2025)

2025-0135 — Raymond Reid (Nov 2024)

2023-0351 — Geoffrey Brooks (Sep 2023)

2019-0125A — Stuart Clark (Apr 2019)

2017-0046 — Wendy Telfer (Feb 2017)

2015-0247 — Alec Mathias (Jun 2015)

2014-0157 — Roger Duggan (Apr 2014)