North Ormesby Dialysis Unit

Ratings

• Overall

  Good

• Safe

  Good

• Effective

  Good

• Caring

  Good

• Responsive

  Good

• Well-led

  Good

Our view of the service

North Ormesby Dialysis Unit is operated by Diaverum UK Limited, an independent healthcare provider. It is contracted by NHS England to provide renal dialysis to NHS patients over the age of 18. Patients are referred to the unit by the local NHS trust. Patients typically live in the nearby South Tees and surrounding area.

The unit is on the site of North Ormesby Medical Village in Teesside. It is a 20-station unit which can accommodate up to 60 patients daily. The clinic provides chronic haemodialysis and haemodiafiltration treatments and care for established chronic renal failure patients.

There are no overnight facilities. There are two to three dialysis treatment sessions a day which include twilight treatment sessions on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.

We conducted an on-site assessment visit of North Ormesby Dialysis Unit on 1 July 2025. This was a short notice announced assessment which meant the unit was informed 3 days before the visit.

We assessed the Dialysis Services assessment service group at this location to review the progress made against the last inspection in April 2023 where the unit was rated as Inadequate with 3 breaches in regulation identified: Safe Care and Treatment, Good Governance, and Fit and Proper Person. We found the unit had made improvements and had met the actions of these breaches. At this assessment we identified 1 breach of regulation Premises and Equipment.

We have asked the provider for an action plan in response to the concerns found during this assessment.

North Ormesby Dialysis Unit was registered with CQC in April 2022 to deliver the regulated activities: Treatment of disease, disorder, or injury.

The service had a Registered Manager and Nominated Individual.

At this assessment we assessed 33 quality statements

We rated the location as Good.