Source · CQC inspection
Worcestershire Royal Hospital
Provider Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
Type NHS Healthcare Organisation
Region West Midlands
Last inspected 10 Feb 2025
Overall rating: Requires Improvement View full CQC report
Domain ratings
Safe
Requires Improvement
Effective
Good
Caring
Good
Responsive
Requires Improvement
Well-led
Requires Improvement
Current CQC assessment
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
Medical care (Including older people's care)
Requires Improvement
Urgent and emergency services
Requires Improvement
Regulatory breaches & enforcement
Breaches identified (2)
Breach
Overall
During the most recent inspection of stroke services inspectors did not identify any regulatory breaches.
Breach
Overall
During the most recent inspection of stroke services inspectors did not identify any regulatory breaches.
Earlier inspection findings
Should-do actions (11)
Should-do action 1 of 11
Should do
Effective
The trust should ensure that mental capacity assessments and applications to deprive people of their liberty are made in line with the Mental Capacity Act 2005 where patients are not subject to Midnight Law.
Should-do action 2 of 11
Should do
Well-led
The trust should have systems or processes to assess, monitor and identify improvements of the quality and safety of sepsis management.
Should-do action 3 of 11
Should do
Safe
The trust should ensure patient venous thromboembolism risk assessments are completed as required.
Should-do action 4 of 11
Should do
Well-led
The trust should ensure the programme of staff training for resuscitation and basic life support is continued.
Should-do action 5 of 11
Should do
Well-led
The trust should ensure there is enough provision of specialist critical care pharmacist in line with national critical care standards.
Should-do action 6 of 11
Should do
Well-led
The trust should ensure enough provision of a critical care physiotherapists in line with national critical care standards.
Should-do action 7 of 11
Should do
Well-led
The trust should ensure timely admission to the high dependency area of Acute Respiratory Unit.
Should-do action 8 of 11
Should do
Well-led
The trust should ensure there are suitable arrangements to facilitate the timely discharge of patients who no longer require a critical care bed.
Should-do action 9 of 11
Should do
Safe
The trust should ensure a critical care outreach service is in line with national guidelines.
Should-do action 10 of 11
Should do
Well-led
The trust should ensure timely and validated data is monitored to improve the quality and performance of the service, this may include submission to the Intensive Care National Audit and Research Centre.
Should-do action 11 of 11
Should do
Effective
The trust should consider how the service follows national guidelines, such as National Institute for Health and Care Excellence clinical guideline 83 (critical care rehabilitation).