- Independent hospital
Spire Cambridge Lea Hospital
Assessment report published 27 August 2026
Contents
Ratings - Surgery
Our view of the service
Spire Cambridge Lea Hospital is an independent hospital located in Impington, north of Cambridge. It primarily serves the communities of Cambridge, Suffolk and Peterborough, while also accepting patients from further afield through private medical insurance, self‑pay arrangements and NHS contracts.
The hospital provides a range of surgical services for adults. Facilities include 19 day‑case beds, and a 44 private room bedded inpatient ward. There are six operating theatres, three of which have laminar flow and an endoscopy suite.
The service had enough staff to care for people and keep them safe. Staff had training in key skills and managed infection risks well. They assessed risks to people and acted on them. Premises, facilities and equipment were clean and well-maintained, medicines were managed well and incidents were investigated in a timely manner with focus on learning and improvement.
Staff assessed people’s health needs and provided good care and treatment with positive care outcomes. They monitored people’s nutritional needs and managed pain relief. Staff worked well together and with service partners for the benefit of patients. Staff monitored the effectiveness of care and treatment and used the findings to make improvements and achieved good outcomes for patients.
Staff treated people with compassion and kindness, respected their privacy and dignity and took account of their individual needs and choices. Staff were alert and responsive to people’s needs and provided emotional support to patients to avoid any preventable discomfort, concern or distress. The service had systems in place to support staff with their wellbeing, safe working and emotional support. Staff spoke positively about the support they had received from managers.
People's experience of this service
Patients were positive about the staff treating them with warmth and kindness and providing effective care and treatment. Patients with protected characteristics felt supported. Patients confirmed their pain was well managed and they were supported to move around as much as possible after their operation. Patients said the call bells were always answered quite quickly and they all felt they could get assistance if needed. Patients told us they were given time to ask question about their procedure and staff had checked they understood what they were having done.