- NHS hospital
Luton and Dunstable Hospital
We served a notice under Section 28(3) of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 on Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in relation to maternity and midwifery services on 31 October 2025, for failing to meet the regulation related to safe care and treatment and management and oversight of governance and quality assurance systems at Luton and Dunstable Hospital.
Assessment report published 23 January 2026
Ratings
Our view of the service
Date of assessment: 10-11 June and 15 July 2025. Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a large general hospital that provides maternity services across two sites, Luton and Dunstable Hospital and Bedford Hospital. The Trust has approximately 1,100 overnight inpatient beds across the two sites and provides a comprehensive range of general medical and surgical services, including Emergency Department (ED) and maternity services for people in Luton, Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, and parts of Buckinghamshire.
This assessment looked at maternity services to follow up on the concerns identified at the previous assessment, which we rated as inadequate. The rating of maternity has been combined with the ratings of the other services from the last assessments. See our previous reports to get a full picture of all the other services at Luton and Dunstable Hospital. The overall rating of Luton and Dunstable Hospital remains requires improvement.