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The Queen Elizabeth Hospital

Overall: Requires improvement read more about inspection ratings

Gayton Road, Kings Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 4ET (01553) 613613

Provided and run by:
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHS Foundation Trust

Important:

We issued a warning notice to The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHS Foundation Trust, on 11 May 2026 for failing to meet the regulations relating to safe care and treatment, storage and management of medicines, good governance, and a lack of privacy and dignity at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital.

Assessment report published 8 July 2026

Ratings

  • Overall

    Requires improvement

  • Safe

    Requires improvement

  • Effective

    Good

  • Caring

    Good

  • Responsive

    Requires improvement

  • Well-led

    Requires improvement

Our view of the service

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital Kings Lynn provides a range of NHS hospital services.

Date of assessment: On the 17 and 18 March 2026 we carried out an assessment of surgery.

The rating of surgery has been combined with the ratings of the other services from the last inspections. See our previous reports to get a full picture of all the other services at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital Kings Lynn.

The rating of The Queen Elizabeth Hospital Kings Lynn remains requires improvement.