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Newham University Hospital

Overall: Requires improvement read more about inspection ratings

Glen Road, Plaistow, London, E13 8SL (020) 7476 4000

Provided and run by:
Barts Health NHS Trust

Important: This service was previously managed by a different provider - see old profile

Assessment report published 17 July 2026

Ratings

  • Overall

    Requires improvement

  • Safe

    Requires improvement

  • Effective

    Requires improvement

  • Caring

    Good

  • Responsive

    Requires improvement

  • Well-led

    Requires improvement

Our view of the service

Newham University Hospital provides a range of NHS hospital services and has 274 general and acute beds. Newham University Hospital emergency department is 1 of 3 emergency departments run by Barts Health NHS Trust. The hospital offers urgent and emergency care services, including an emergency department, urgent treatment centre, same day emergency care and paediatric emergency department.

This assessment focused on urgent and emergency care services due to identified risks and the age of the previous rating, which was requires improvement. The rating for this service has been combined with ratings from other services assessed at the last inspection. For a full overview of services at Newham University Hospital, please refer to our previous reports. The overall rating for Newham University Hospital remains requires improvement.