Source · CQC inspection
St George's Hospital (Tooting)
Provider St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Type NHS Healthcare Organisation
Region London
Last inspected 26 Mar 2026
Overall rating: Requires Improvement View full CQC report
Domain ratings
Safe
Requires Improvement
Effective
Requires Improvement
Caring
Requires Improvement
Responsive
Requires Improvement
Well-led
Requires Improvement
Current CQC assessment
Requires Improvement
The service is not performing as well as it should and we have told the service how it must improve.
Ratings by service
Urgent and emergency services
Requires Improvement
Maternity
Requires Improvement
Maternity
Requires Improvement
Maternity
Requires Improvement
Surgery
Requires Improvement
Surgery
Requires Improvement
Surgery
Requires Improvement
Urgent and emergency services
Requires Improvement
Urgent and emergency services
Requires Improvement
Urgent and emergency services
Requires Improvement
Urgent and emergency services
Requires Improvement
Regulatory breaches & enforcement
Warning notice
Overall
As a result of these concerns, we issued a warning notice in February 2025.
Warning notice
Overall
In response to the warning notice, the trust made a number of changes to ensure women, birthing people, and babies were safe.
Warning notice
Overall
Following the inspection, under Section 29A of the Health and Social Care Act 2008, we issued a warning notice to the provider.
Breaches identified (6)
Breach
Overall
Breaches were also found around poor standards of documentation and information security.
Breach
Overall
Although some improvements had been made, they were insufficient, and the service remained in breach of this regulation.
Breach
Safe
The service was previously in breach of Regulation 12 (safe care and treatment) of the Health and Social Care Act 2008.
Breach
Safe
The service was in breach of Regulation 12 (safe care and treatment) and Regulation 17 (good governance).
Breach
Safe
We found 3 breaches of the regulations in relation to safe care and treatment, premises and equipment and good governance.
Breach
Safe
The service was in breach of the legal regulation relating to safe care and treatment.