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

Five CQC key questions
Safe
Requires Improvement
Effective
Requires Improvement
Caring
Requires Improvement
Responsive
Requires Improvement
Well-led
Requires Improvement

Current CQC assessment

Single Assessment Framework

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

Requires Improvement Assessed 26 March 2026
The service is not performing as well as it should and we have told the service how it must improve.
Date of assessment: 27 January 2026 to 3 February 2026. St George’s Hospital (Tooting) provides a range of NHS hospital services. This assessment looked at urgent and emergency services. This was a focused assessment of safe and well-led to follow up on concerns we identified during our visit in November 2024. As a result of these concerns, we issued a warning notice in February 2025. This was because the trust was failing to comply with requirements of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014.We found that …

Ratings by service

Urgent and emergency services
Requires Improvement
Nov 2025
Maternity
Requires Improvement
Aug 2024
Maternity
Requires Improvement
Aug 2024
Maternity
Requires Improvement
Aug 2024
Surgery
Requires Improvement
Aug 2024
Surgery
Requires Improvement
Aug 2024
Surgery
Requires Improvement
Aug 2024
Urgent and emergency services
Requires Improvement
Aug 2024
Urgent and emergency services
Requires Improvement
Aug 2024
Urgent and emergency services
Requires Improvement
Aug 2024
Urgent and emergency services
Requires Improvement
Feb 2024

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.

Warning notice Overall
As a result of these concerns, we issued a warning notice in February 2025.
· 26 Mar 2026 · CQC source
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.
· 28 Aug 2025 · CQC source
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.
· 28 Aug 2025 · CQC source

Breaches identified (6)

Breach Overall
Breaches were also found around poor standards of documentation and information security.
· 28 Aug 2025
Breach Overall
Although some improvements had been made, they were insufficient, and the service remained in breach of this regulation.
· 28 Aug 2025
Breach Safe
The service was previously in breach of Regulation 12 (safe care and treatment) of the Health and Social Care Act 2008.
Regulation: Regulation 12 (Safe care and treatment) · 28 Aug 2025
Breach Safe
The service was in breach of Regulation 12 (safe care and treatment) and Regulation 17 (good governance).
Regulation: Regulation 12 (Safe care and treatment) · 28 Aug 2025
Breach Safe
We found 3 breaches of the regulations in relation to safe care and treatment, premises and equipment and good governance.
Regulation: Regulation 12 (Safe care and treatment) · 28 Aug 2025
Breach Safe
The service was in breach of the legal regulation relating to safe care and treatment.
Regulation: Regulation 12 (Safe care and treatment) · 28 Aug 2025

Location details

CQC ID: RJ701
Local authority: Wandsworth
Region: London