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King's Mill Hospital

Provider Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Type NHS Healthcare Organisation Region East Midlands Last inspected 15 Jul 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 15 July 2026. Ratings extracted from individual reports are shown separately below.

Safe
Good
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 inspection: 9 to 10 March 2026. Kings Mill Hospital provides a range of NHS hospital services. This inspection looked at medical and urgent and emergency care services as part of our winter system pressure inspections. We rated both services as good. The ratings of medical and urgent and emergency care services has been combined with the ratings of the other services from the last inspections. See our previous reports to get a full picture of all the other services at Kings Mill Hospital. The rating of Kings Mill …

Ratings by service

Medical care (Including older people's care)
Good
Feb 2026
Urgent and emergency services
Good
Feb 2026
Urgent and emergency services
Good
Jul 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.

Breaches identified (1)

Breach Overall
We identified a breach of the regulation due to lack of patients monitoring and observation following administration of sedation medication.
· 15 Jul 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: 23 February 2023
Rating extracted from this report: Outstanding
Actions indexed: 2 must-do 4 should-do

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AI-extracted 3 Jun 2026

Earlier inspection findings

pre-2024 framework · 2 must-do 4 should-do

Must-do actions (2)

Legal requirements based on regulation breaches identified during inspection.

Must-do action 1 of 2
Must do
Safe
The trust must ensure staff complete mandatory, safeguarding and maternity specific training in line with the Trust’s own target.
Regulation: Regulation 12 (1)(2)
⚠ Not all staff had completed mandatory training. Not all staff were compliant with safeguarding training, and staff did not always receive training specific for their role on how to recognise and report abuse.
Must-do action 2 of 2
Must do
Safe
The trust must ensure they implement a robust system in maternity triage to include escalation process, monitoring and documentation.
Regulation: Regulation 12(1)(2)
⚠ The use of risk assessments in triage was inconsistent, and systems and processes had the potential to lead to delays in women being assessed and their needs escalated. Not all staff were aware of what systems they should be using in triage. Escalation of clinical concerns was not always clearly …

Should-do actions (4)

Recommended improvements to enhance service quality.

Should-do action 1 of 4
Should do
Safe
The trust should ensure all medicines are stored safely and appropriately in line with trust policy.
Should-do action 2 of 4
Should do
Well-led
The trust should continue to implement their new electronic system. To support auditing the quality of the service.
Should-do action 3 of 4
Should do
Well-led
When issues are identified from audits action is taken further auditing cycles are undertaken to demonstrate if improvements and changes in practice have improved patient outcomes and improved practice.
Should-do action 4 of 4
Should do
Well-led
Leaders should continue to implement improvements to how they effectively communicate any changes in service provision with staff.