Source · CQC inspection

Royal Oldham Hospital

Provider Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust Type NHS Healthcare Organisation Region North West

Overall rating: Not Yet Rated View full CQC report

Domain ratings

Five CQC key questions

Safe

Not Yet Rated

Effective

Not Yet Rated

Caring

Not Yet Rated

Responsive

Not Yet Rated

Well-led

Not Yet Rated

Current CQC assessment

Single Assessment Framework

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

Not Yet Rated Assessed 18 December 2025

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust was formed on 1 October 2021 when Salford Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust legally acquired Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The trust operates a range of acute, community health and social care services which are provided by the trust's four care organisations; Salford, Oldham, Rochdale and Bury. The trust has over 20,000 staff and has four acute hospitals – Salford Royal Hospital, Royal Oldham Hospital, Fairfield General Hospital and Rochdale Infirmary which provide a full range of acute services, including acute medicine, urgent …

Ratings by service

Medical care (Including older people's care)

Requires Improvement

May 2025

Medical care (Including older people's care)

Requires Improvement

Feb 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.

Warning notice Overall

We conducted this unannounced focused assessment between 8 and 10 July 2025 to follow up on the previous "requires improvement" rating and Section 29A warning notice issued in October 2024.

· 18 Dec 2025 · CQC source

Warning notice Overall

We also identified regulatory breaches relating to responsivity, medicines management, and health and safety that did not form part of the warning notice.

· 18 Dec 2025 · CQC source

Warning notice Overall

We carried out an unannounced assessment from 8 to 10 July 2025, to follow up on the previous "requires improvement" rating and Section 29A warning notice issued in October 2024.

· 18 Dec 2025 · CQC source

Warning notice Overall

The warning notice was issued due to concerns we had regarding the trust’s continuous flow model (CFM).

· 18 Dec 2025 · CQC source

Warning notice Overall

We found the service had made improvements to reduce the risks and comply with the warning notice.

· 18 Dec 2025 · CQC source

Warning notice Overall

We also identified regulatory breaches relating to responsivity, medicines management, and health and safety that did not form part of the warning notice.

· 7 Feb 2025 · CQC source

Warning notice Overall

Following the assessment, we issued the trust a warning notice under section 29 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 on 11 October 2024.

· 7 Feb 2025 · CQC source

Warning notice Overall

The warning notice was issued due to concerns we had regarding the trust’s continuous flow model (CFM).

· 7 Feb 2025 · CQC source