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Leicester General Hospital

Provider University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust Type NHS Healthcare Organisation Region East Midlands Last inspected 14 Jun 2024

Overall rating: Requires Improvement  View full CQC report

Domain ratings

Five CQC key questions
Safe
Requires Improvement
Effective
Good
Caring
Good
Responsive
Good
Well-led
Requires Improvement

Earlier inspection findings

pre-2024 framework · 3 must-do 1 should-do

Must-do actions (3)

Legal requirements based on regulation breaches identified during inspection.

Must-do action 1 of 3
Must do
Safe
The trust must ensure that the use of MEOWS is consistently implemented across the service in line with the policy.
Regulation: Regulation 12(2)(a)
⚠ During our inspection we reviewed the records of 2 patients which evidenced that staff had not identified they were at risk of deteriorating.
Must-do action 2 of 3
Must do
Safe
The trust must ensure there are always enough suitably qualified and skilled staff on duty.
Regulation: Regulation 18(1)
⚠ Staffing levels did not always match the planned numbers, putting the safety of women and birthing people and babies at risk. The service did not always have enough nursing and midwifery staff to keep women and babies safe.
Must-do action 3 of 3
Must do
Safe
The trust must ensure staff report all incidents in line with the incident reporting policy.
Regulation: Regulation 12(2)(b)
⚠ Although the number of incidents being reported was increasing, some staff felt they did not always have time to report incidents.

Should-do actions (1)

Recommended improvements to enhance service quality.

Should-do action 1 of 1
Should do
Well-led
The service should consider further separation of its maternity data for all sites.

Location details

CQC ID: RWEAK
Local authority: Leicester
Region: East Midlands

Inspection report

Type: Location
Date: 14 June 2024
Rating: Requires improvement
Actions: 3 must-do 1 should-do
AI-extracted 3 Jun 2026

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