- Independent hospital
Spire Parkway Hospital
Assessment report published 21 October 2026
Contents
Ratings - Services for children & young people
Our view of the service
Spire Parkway Hospital offered services to children age 0 to 18 years of age. Only children over the age of 3 years old were accepted for surgical day treatment, the outpatients’ teams saw children under 3 years of age. Services for children and young people (CYP) included several surgical procedures; oral and maxillofacial surgery for wisdom tooth extraction, ear pinning and meniscal repair surgery for tears of the knee cartilage. The service also provided physiotherapy, diagnostic imaging, screening services, and selected urology procedures for children and young people. The service did not complete the same volume of procedures for children and young people as it did for adults. Children and young people were accompanied to surgery, outpatients and diagnostic imaging appointments by their parents or an appropriate adult over the age of 18. Children and young people services appointments were offered 1 or 2 days each week depending on demand, and some Saturdays.
Services were provided to children and young people whose treatment was being self-funded or covered by private medical insurance and to NHS patients who had been referred by their GP or who had booked via the NHS “choose and book” service.
During our inspection we spoke with 10 staff including hospital leaders, the children and young people lead, ward and theatre staff, preoperative assessment staff, pharmacy staff, administration staff and housekeepers. We spoke to staff from all areas where children and young people would be seen including outpatients, physiotherapy and diagnostic imaging and surgery.
Inspectors from the CQC medicines team also attended the inspection. They spoke with nurses and pharmacists in this area. We inspected medicine storage areas and reviewed 3 medicine charts. We looked at relevant medicines policies.
We assessed all quality statements across the safe, effective, caring, responsive and well-led key questions and have combined the scores for these areas to give an overall rating. We rated the service as good overall.
People's experience of this service
Patients and their family or carers were positive about the staff treating them with warmth and kindness and providing effective care and treatment. Children and young people said they did not feel anxious about raising concerns. They said they were seen quickly and felt cared for, listened to, and fully informed of the treatment options.
Records showed patients were seen promptly, and they felt staff were on hand if they needed them for help or support. We spoke with 7 patients and their parents or carers, they were all positive about their experience. Children and young people said they felt were included in conversations about their care and treatment.
Staff worked collaboratively with patients assessing risk and to develop personalised care and treatment approaches.
Patients experienced a non-judgmental approach to their care and were treated in an inclusive and equitable manner.