The Priory Hospital

Ratings

• Overall

  Good

• Safe

  Good

• Effective

  Good

• Caring

  Good

• Responsive

  Good

• Well-led

  Good

Our view of the service

The Priory Hospital is operated by Circle Health Group Limited. The hospital provides a range of services which include medicine, surgery, critical care, outpatients and diagnostic imaging. The hospital has 65 inpatient beds across Dudley, Aston, ITU and Highbury wards. Facilities include 5 operating theatres, a 6-bedded level 3 intensive treatment unit, a minor operations room, a dedicated oncology centre, an endoscopy day unit, cardiac catheterisation lab, and X-ray, outpatient, and diagnostic facilities. The hospital saw both private and NHS patients.

We previously inspected this service using our comprehensive inspection methodology in January 2025. Although we found surgery and outpatients had both improved and were now rated good, the overall location rating remained as requires improvement. This was due to only 2 out of 5 assessment service groups being reviewed during our visit. We conducted a planned unannounced on-site assessment of medical care services on the 10 and 11 September 2025. We assessed against safe, effective, caring, responding and well-led key questions. We found medical care service had improved and was now rated good. The overall location rating improved from requires improvement to good.