Source · CQC inspection
Queen Alexandra Hospital
Provider Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust
Type NHS Healthcare Organisation
Region South East
Last inspected 1 Oct 2025
Overall rating: Good View full CQC report
Domain ratings
Safe
Good
Effective
Good
Caring
Good
Responsive
Good
Well-led
Good
Current CQC assessment
Good
The service is performing well and meeting our expectations.
Ratings by service
Medical care (Including older people's care)
Good
Urgent and emergency services
Requires Improvement
Medical care (Including older people's care)
Good
Urgent and emergency services
Requires Improvement
Regulatory breaches & enforcement
Warning notice
Overall
We also reviewed progress made against a warning notice served on the provider following the inspection of urgent and emergency care in October 2019.
Warning notice
Overall
We found that the service had made improvements and had met the actions of the warning notices We visited the following areas as part of the assessment: Urgent and emergency services, medical wards and the endoscopy department.
Breaches identified (3)
Breach
Safe
However, we found 5 breaches of the regulations in relation to premises and equipment (waiting rooms and escalation areas), staffing (training), person centred care (learning disability), and good governance (contemporaneous records and identifying and assessing risks).
Breach
Responsive
At this inspection, we found the service breached legal regulations about staffing and person-centred care.
Breach
Safe
The hospital was in breach of legal regulations in relation to premises and equipment (waiting and escalation areas in the emergency department), staffing (training), person centred care (learning disability), and good governance (contemporaneous records and identifying and assessing risks).
Earlier inspection findings
Should-do actions (5)
Should-do action 1 of 5
Should do
Safe
The service should ensure staff complete timely reviews for each woman in triage in line with the trust policy.
Should-do action 2 of 5
Should do
Safe
The service should continue to ensure that staff are up to date with the maternity and safeguarding mandatory training modules.
Should-do action 3 of 5
Should do
Safe
The service should ensure staff complete and document fresh eyes and fresh ears observations in line with national guidance.
Should-do action 4 of 5
Should do
Safe
The trust should continue to monitor the post-partum audit action plan to help improve compliance in the activation of the major obstetric haemorrhage call and full completion of the women and birthing people PPH proforma and records.
Should-do action 5 of 5
Should do
Well-led
The service should address the delay in the accessing of electronic records by staff.