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Horton General Hospital

Provider Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Type NHS Healthcare Organisation Region South East Last inspected 4 Jun 2026

Overall rating: Good View full CQC report

Domain ratings

Five CQC key questions

Safe

Good

Effective

Good

Caring

Good

Responsive

Good

Well-led

Good

Current CQC assessment

Single Assessment Framework

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

Good Assessed 4 June 2026

The service is performing well and meeting our expectations.

Date of assessment: 07-08/10/2026Horton General Hospital is an acute general hospital and provides a wide range of services, including an emergency department (with an emergency admission unit), acute general medicine and elective day case surgery, trauma, maternity (midwifery-led unit) and gynaecology, paediatrics, critical care and a centre for cancer treatment.This assessment looked at maternity services, to assess if improvements had been made since the last inspection in October 2023 when the maternity service was rated as requires improvement. At this assessment the rating had improved to good.We found that improvements …