The Droitwich Spa Hospital

Updated 28 May 2026

The Droitwich Spa Hospital is operated by Circle Health Group Limited. The hospital has 46 registered beds, all with en‑suite facilities.

The previous inspection of surgical services was published in April 2019, and we rated the service as Requires Improvement overall. At that inspection, Safe was rated Requires Improvement, Effective, Caring and Responsive were rated Good, and Well‑led was rated Requires Improvement.

The hospital underwent an unannounced inspection of Diagnostic Imaging on 19 March 2024.

We undertook a fully comprehensive assessment of surgical services, which was unannounced and was undertaken on 18 February 2026.

The service provides elective, day‑case and short‑stay surgical activity across operating theatres, recovery, a short‑stay surgical ward, outpatient consultation areas, pre‑operative assessment and diagnostic imaging services.

The onsite facilities include 3 operating theatres, an ambulatory theatre including endoscopy, 11 outpatient rooms, a physiotherapy department and diagnostic services including X-ray, Computed Tomography (CT) and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI).

Updated 4 February 2026

Our view of the Service

At this inspection, we rated the surgical service as Good overall. The service had made improvements since the previous inspection and was no longer in breach of regulations. Leadership visibility, day‑to‑day teamwork and interpersonal culture were positive. Staff consistently demonstrated kindness, compassion and professional respect, and people told us they felt safe within clinical areas. Leaders were visible and approachable and fostered a culture of psychological safety.

Since the last inspection, the senior leadership team (SLT) had changed and had implemented more robust governance systems. Staff now routinely assessed and mitigated risks, care plans and record‑keeping better supported safe practice, and mandatory training compliance had improved.

Updated 22 March 2024

Droitwich Spa Hospital is part of the Circle Health Group. Droitwich Spa Hospital provides a wide range of procedures from routine investigations to surgical procedures. The hospital is registered to carry out the following regulated activities: Treatment of disease, disorder or injury; Family Planning; Surgical procedures; Diagnostic and screening procedures. There has been a registered manager in post since the service was registered on 31 January 2022. This assessment reviewed the diagnostic imaging department only. The diagnostics service provides the following: X-ray, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), computed tomography (CT), ultrasound and a mobile C-arm fluoroscopic X-ray system. The C-arm is an imaging device that is based on X-ray technology and can be used flexibly in operating rooms. We visited the diagnostics service unannounced on 19 March 2024. We spoke with 11 staff including radiographers, health care assistants, administrators, radiologists, and senior managers. We spoke with 3 patients. We also reviewed 10 sets of patient records. Our last inspection of the diagnostics service was published on 23 April 2019 and rated the service as inadequate. This assessment rated the diagnostic service as good.

Updated 23 April 2019

Endoscopy services were a small proportion of hospital activity and will be reported under the medical care sub heading. The main service was surgery. Where arrangements were the same, we have reported findings in the surgery section.

We rated this service as good in safe, responsive and well led. Effective and caring were not rated as there was not enough evidence to do so.

Updated 23 April 2019

We rated this service as good in safe, caring, responsive and well led. We do not rate effective in outpatients.