St Hugh's Hospital

Our overall rating of well-led at St Hughs Hospital has improved from inadequate to good.

The hospital has improved the governance processes across the services and has good oversight of risk and performance. There was a programme of clinical audits in place with clear actions and follow-up to keep people safe. The hospital was engaged in the Learning from Patient Safety Events (LFPSE) and had robust reporting in place. The hospital had visible leadership on site and availability out of hours. The service had oversight of equipment across the services ensuring that there was investment where required.

Surgery had improved from inadequate to good, the service had good governance process in place. Medicines were administered according to hospital guidelines and documentation met hospital standards with audit programmes in place. There was a clinical audit programme in place with follow up actions. The department and senior leadership team were aware of and monitored risks.

Outpatients has remained good

Diagnostics has improved from inadequate to good, the service met all the standards for IR(ME)R and had governance arrangements in place to ensure that incidents were reported and addressed. The hospital leadership team had oversight at both hospital and departmental level of risk and governance of the diagnostics department. The service was operating within updated local rules and standard operating were updated and in compliances with the IR(ME)R regulations. The team told us the culture within the team had improved, and they were working well together.