Source · CQC inspection
Medway Maritime Hospital
Provider Medway NHS Foundation Trust
Type NHS Healthcare Organisation
Region South East
Last inspected 28 Nov 2025
Location rating: Requires Improvement View location on CQC
Location ratings by domain
Safe
Requires Improvement
Effective
Requires Improvement
Caring
Requires Improvement
Responsive
Requires Improvement
Well-led
Requires Improvement
CQC assessments indexed
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
Urgent and emergency services
Requires Improvement
Regulatory breaches & enforcement
Warning notice
Overall
This assessment looked at urgent and emergency services to follow up on a Warning Notice issued in April 2024, when we rated urgent and emergency services requires improvement.
Warning notice
Overall
We carried out this unannounced assessment of urgent and emergency services on the 29 and 30 April 2025 to review a Warning Notice issued to the trust in April 2024.
Warning notice
Overall
Following this assessment, significant improvements had been made, and the Warning Notice had been met.
Warning notice
Overall
As a result of these findings, we served a Warning Notice requiring the trust to make significant improvements to the quality of healthcare in the emergency department.
Warning notice
Overall
As a result of these findings, we served a Warning Notice requiring the trust to make significant improvements to the quality of healthcare in the emergency department.
Breaches identified (5)
Breach
Caring
The service was previously in breach of the legal regulations in relation to dignity and respect and safe care and treatment.
Breach
Caring
The service was in breach of the legal regulations relating to dignity and respect and safe care and treatment.
Breach
Overall
Improvements were found at this assessment, but the service remained in breach of these regulations.
Breach
Caring
In our assessment of urgent and emergency services we found breaches of Regulation 10, 12, 15, 17 and 18 of the Health and Social Care Act (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014.
Breach
Caring
We found breaches of Regulation 10, 12, 15, 17 and 18 of the Health and Social Care Act (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014.
Most recent report indexed for actions
Type: Location
Date: 28 April 2023
Rating extracted from this report: Requires improvement
Actions indexed:
6 should-do
AI-extracted 3 Jun 2026
Earlier inspection findings
Should-do actions (6)
Should-do action 1 of 6
Should do
Safe
The service should have a process in place to ensure checks are made on necessary equipment in areas when the areas are not in use, to ensure they remain ready to use.
Should-do action 2 of 6
Should do
Safe
There should be sufficient CTG paper available and accessible to necessary staff at all times to ensure ongoing monitoring of babies when required.
Should-do action 3 of 6
Should do
Safe
The service should ensure, in line with trust policy, all indicated staff are trained to adult safeguarding level 3 and that staff are aware of how they can assess young women and birthing people at risk of child sexual exploitation.
Should-do action 4 of 6
Should do
Safe
The service should continue to improve staffing and recruitment to ensure a fully staffed service.
Should-do action 5 of 6
Should do
Safe
The service should follow its medication policies in the safe storage and monitoring of medicines and homely remedies.
Should-do action 6 of 6
Should do
Well-led
The service should continue to develop an effective maternity-specific annual auditing programme.