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Bedford Hospital

Overall: Not rated read more about inspection ratings

South Wing, Kempston Road, Bedford, Bedfordshire, MK42 9DJ (01234) 355122

Provided and run by:
Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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

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 Bedford Hospital.

Assessment report published 23 January 2026

Contents

Ratings

  • Overall

    Not rated

  • Safe

    Not rated

  • Effective

    Not rated

  • Caring

    Not rated

  • Responsive

    Not rated

  • Well-led

    Not rated

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 across two sites, Luton and Dunstable University 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 Bedford Hospital. The overall rating of Bedford Hospital remains insufficient to rate.

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