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Hull Royal Infirmary

Provider Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Type NHS Healthcare Organisation Region Yorkshire & Humberside Last inspected 19 Jun 2026

Location rating: Requires Improvement  View location on CQC

Location ratings by domain

Five CQC key questions

Ratings held for this CQC location under the Single Assessment Framework, assessed 19 June 2026. Ratings extracted from individual reports are shown separately below.

Safe
Inadequate
Effective
Requires Improvement
Caring
Good
Responsive
Requires Improvement
Well-led
Requires Improvement

CQC assessments indexed

Single Assessment Framework

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

Requires Improvement
The service is not performing as well as it should and we have told the service how it must improve.
Hull Royal Infirmary is run by Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust as part of NHS Humber Health Partnership. It has an emergency department, critical care, maternity services, children’s services and a range of inpatient and outpatient specialties.It forms one of the trust’s two main hospital sites, with services delivered across multiple wards, departments and clinical areas. The site supports regional specialist pathways, works closely with community and primary care partners. The trust operates shared leadership and governance arrangements across the Humber Health Partnership, with standardised processes and oversight structures …

Ratings by service

Medical care (Including older people's care)
Requires Improvement
Aug 2025
Urgent and emergency services
Requires Improvement
Jul 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.

Breaches identified (2)

Breach Well-led
We found continued breaches of legal Regulations in relation to staffing.
Regulation: Regulation 18 (Staffing) · 19 Jun 2026
Breach Safe
We found new breaches of legal Regulations in relation to good governance, safe care and treatment, receiving and acting on complaints and Duty of Candour.
Regulation: Regulation 12 (Safe care and treatment) · 19 Jun 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: 9 August 2023
Rating extracted from this report: Inadequate
Actions indexed: 9 must-do 3 should-do

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AI-extracted 3 Jun 2026

Earlier inspection findings

pre-2024 framework · 9 must-do 3 should-do

Must-do actions (9)

Legal requirements based on regulation breaches identified during inspection.

Must-do action 1 of 9
Must do
Safe
The service must ensure there is robust risk assessments in place for women and birthing people presenting to the service and all national guidance is followed to mitigate any identified risk.
Regulation: Regulation 12(2)(a)(b)
Must-do action 2 of 9
Must do
Safe
The service must ensure that there is a safe handover process when women and birthing people move between units of the service to ensure the health, welfare and safety of women and birthing people.
Regulation: Regulation 12(2)(i)
Must-do action 3 of 9
Must do
Safe
The service must ensure staff are up to date with maternity mandatory training modules.
Regulation: Regulation 12(1)(2)(c)
Must-do action 4 of 9
Must do
Safe
The service must ensure that staff complete regular skills and drills training including pool evacuations.
Regulation: Regulation 12(1)(2)(c)
Must-do action 5 of 9
Must do
Well-led
The service must ensure systems and processes are in place to assess, monitor and improve the quality and safety of the service.
Regulation: Regulation 17(2)(a)
Must-do action 6 of 9
Must do
Well-led
The service must assess, monitor and mitigate the risk relating the health, safety and welfare of women and birthing people.
Regulation: Regulation 17(2)(b)
Must-do action 7 of 9
Must do
Well-led
The service must ensure that records are accurate, complete and contemporaneous for each woman and birthing person.
Regulation: Regulation 17(c)
Must-do action 8 of 9
Must do
Safe
The service must ensure medical staffing for maternity ADU/triage is reviewed so there are sufficient numbers of suitably qualified, competent staff to deliver the service in line with national guidance.
Regulation: Regulation 18(1)
Must-do action 9 of 9
Must do
Safe
The service must ensure staff have access to appropriate safeguarding supervision and support to carry out their duties.
Regulation: Regulation 18(2)(a)

Should-do actions (3)

Recommended improvements to enhance service quality.

Should-do action 1 of 3
Should do
Well-led
The service should ensure that accidents and incidents are reviewed to identify potential health inequalities of those involved.
Should-do action 2 of 3
Should do
Responsive
The service should consider the available facilities in inpatient areas to ensure women, birthing people and their families are able to independently access food and drinks.
Should-do action 3 of 3
Should do
Well-led
The service should implement a training policy and procedure which reflects the needs of the staff group and how to address current shortfalls.