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University College Hospital & Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing

Provider University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Type NHS Healthcare Organisation Region London Last inspected 11 Sep 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 11 September 2026. Ratings extracted from individual reports are shown separately below.

Safe
Requires Improvement
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.
University College London Hospitals (UCLH) is a large NHS Foundation Trust situated in central London. The trust provides a range of acute and specialist services across 11 CQC-registered locations. The trust balances the provision of specialist services with acute services for the local populations of Camden, Islington, Westminster, Barnet, Enfield and Haringey. The urgent and emergency care service at UCLH consists of an adult emergency department (ED) and a paediatric ED.

Ratings by service

Urgent and emergency services
Good
Jan 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: 1 September 2023
Rating extracted from this report: Requires Improvement
Actions indexed: 4 should-do

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AI-extracted 3 Jun 2026

Earlier inspection findings

pre-2024 framework · 4 should-do

Should-do actions (4)

Recommended improvements to enhance service quality.

Should-do action 1 of 4
Should do
Safe
The service should continue to ensure all staff complete mandatory training, including advance life support and safeguarding adults and children’s training in line with the trust’s own targets.
Should-do action 2 of 4
Should do
Safe
The service should continue to audit compliance and implement associated actions in relation to the ‘fresheyes’ intervention when reviewing fetal wellbeing in labour, to improve overall compliance and reduce risks to women and birthing people.
Should-do action 3 of 4
Should do
Safe
The service should ensure that all staff adhere to the uniform policy to maintain effective infection prevention control.
Should-do action 4 of 4
Should do
Safe
The service should ensure that daily checks are completed, recorded and are effective for all emergency trollies.