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Queen Elizabeth Hospital

Provider Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust Type NHS Healthcare Organisation Region London Last inspected 3 Jun 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 3 June 2026. Ratings extracted from individual reports are shown separately below.

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

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.
Date of assessment: 24 and 25 February 2026 and 18 and 19 March 2026. Queen Elizabeth Hospital is part of Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Foundation Trust and offers a wide range of hospital services to people living in Lewisham and Greenwich. This assessment looked at urgent and emergency care, medical care, outpatients and diagnostic imaging to assess the quality of the care received by patients using those services. The rating of urgent and emergency care, medical care, outpatients and diagnostic imaging have been combined with the ratings of the other …

Ratings by service

Diagnostic and screening services
Good
Feb 2026
Medical care (Including older people's care)
Good
Feb 2026
Outpatients
Good
Feb 2026
Urgent and emergency services
Good
Feb 2026
Diagnostic and screening services
Good
Dec 2025
Medical care (Including older people's care)
Good
Dec 2025
Outpatients
Good
Dec 2025
Urgent and emergency services
Good
Dec 2025
Diagnostic and screening services
Good
Oct 2025
Medical care (Including older people's care)
Good
Oct 2025
Outpatients
Good
Oct 2025
Urgent and emergency services
Good
Oct 2025
Diagnostic and screening services
Good
Sep 2025
Medical care (Including older people's care)
Good
Sep 2025
Outpatients
Good
Sep 2025
Urgent and emergency services
Good
Sep 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 (3)

Breach Safe
However, we found 5 breaches of the regulations in relation to safe care and treatment and governance.
Regulation: Regulation 12 (Safe care and treatment) · 3 Jun 2026
Breach Overall
We have requested an action plan in response to the above breaches from the provider at the time of publication of the formal report.
· 3 Jun 2026
Breach Overall
As a combined ASG of OPD and diagnostic imaging assessment, this service was not previously in breach of any regulations.
· 3 Jun 2026

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: 24 January 2024
Rating extracted from this report: Requires Improvement
Actions indexed: 5 should-do

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AI-extracted 3 Jun 2026

Earlier inspection findings

pre-2024 framework · 5 should-do

Should-do actions (5)

Recommended improvements to enhance service quality.

Should-do action 1 of 5
Should do
Safe
The services should continue to address the vacancy rates in the service.
Should-do action 2 of 5
Should do
Safe
The services should ensure staff complete daily checks of emergency equipment.
Should-do action 3 of 5
Should do
Safe
The services should ensure appropriate action is taken in a timely manner when fridge temperatures are out of range.
Should-do action 4 of 5
Should do
Safe
The services should ensure specialist staff have access to appropriate safeguarding supervision to carry out their duties.
Should-do action 5 of 5
Should do
Safe
The services should ensure staff complete and document fresh eyes observations in line with national guidance.