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Withington Community Hospital

Provider University Hospital of South Manchester NHS Foundation Trust Type NHS Healthcare Organisation Region North West

Archived This service was archived (deregistered) by CQC on 12 Oct 2017. The ratings below are historical and do not reflect a current service.

Location rating: Good  View location on CQC

Location ratings by domain

Five CQC key questions

Ratings held for this CQC location. Ratings extracted from individual reports are shown separately below.

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

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: Comprehensive inspection
Rating extracted from this report: Good
Actions indexed: 11 should-do

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AI-extracted 3 Jun 2026

Earlier inspection findings

pre-2024 framework · 11 should-do

Should-do actions (11)

Recommended improvements to enhance service quality.

Should-do action 1 of 11
Should do
Effective
Offer staff opportunities to develop surgical nursing competence skills.
Should-do action 2 of 11
Should do
Well-led
Consider having data available to staff on performance at a local level including local audit activity.
Should-do action 3 of 11
Should do
Well-led
Increase senior management visibility at Withington treatment centre.
Should-do action 4 of 11
Should do
Well-led
Cascade to staff the local vision and strategy of the service.
Should-do action 5 of 11
Should do
Well-led
Provide patient feedback at a local level.
Should-do action 6 of 11
Should do
Well-led
The trust should ensure access to IT (information technology) services is consistent and reliable to facilitate access to Local Rules and policies and procedures online and mandatory e-learning.
Should-do action 7 of 11
Should do
Safe
The trust should ensure documentation relating to radiation faults and Medical Physics are accessible electronically.
Should-do action 8 of 11
Should do
Safe
The trust should consider fitting a keypad lock to the clean utility room used to store Urografin in radiology.
Should-do action 9 of 11
Should do
Safe
The trust should maintain a record of the maximum and minimum fridge temperatures for each medication fridge and action should be taken if temperatures fall out of the recommended range.
Should-do action 10 of 11
Should do
Effective
Staff should have their learning needs identified through the trust’s appraisal process.
Should-do action 11 of 11
Should do
Well-led
The trust should consistently obtain NHS Family and Friends data in the radiology department.