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Southampton General Hospital

Provider University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust Type NHS Healthcare Organisation Region South East Last inspected 25 Sep 2026

Location rating: Good  View location on CQC

Location ratings by domain

Five CQC key questions

Ratings held for this CQC location under the Single Assessment Framework, assessed 25 September 2026. Ratings extracted from individual reports are shown separately below.

Safe
Good
Effective
Good
Caring
Outstanding
Responsive
Good
Well-led
Requires Improvement

CQC assessments indexed

Single Assessment Framework

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

Good
The service is performing well and meeting our expectations.
University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of NHS hospital services. This assessment looked at End of Life Care which we rated as good and Children and Young People services which we rated as good. The rating from end of life care and children and young people has been combined with ratings of the other services from the previous inspections. See our previous reports to get a full picture of all other services at University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust. The rating of University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation …

Ratings by service

End of life care
Good
Oct 2025
Services for children & young people
Good
Oct 2025

Most recent report indexed for actions

The date and rating here are from an individual report, not necessarily the location's latest assessment. Report ratings are extracted with AI; verify the original PDF.

Type: Location
Date: 21 July 2023
Rating extracted from this report: Inspected but not rated
Actions indexed: 1 must-do 2 should-do

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AI-extracted 3 Jun 2026

Earlier inspection findings

pre-2024 framework · 1 must-do 2 should-do

Must-do actions (1)

Legal requirements based on regulation breaches identified during inspection.

Must-do action 1 of 1
Must do
Well-led
The trust board must ensure they have oversight regarding window safety across all trust sites.
Regulation: Regulation 17(1)
⚠ We found that some window restrictors had visible rust, which may reduce their ability to withstand reasonable force, and not all restrictors were tamperproof. This meant they could be unlocked, and windows opened beyond the recommended 100mm or less, posing a risk to staff, patients, and visitors. The assessment of …

Should-do actions (2)

Recommended improvements to enhance service quality.

Should-do action 1 of 2
Should do
Well-led
The trust should ensure that a clear and documented process is used to complete a visual inspection of window safety and that this is consistently applied.
Should-do action 2 of 2
Should do
Well-led
The trust should consider how it maintains oversight of window restrictor durability outside of the annual checking programme.