Royal United Hospital Bath

Ratings

• Overall

  Requires improvement

• Safe

  Requires improvement

• Effective

  Good

• Caring

  Good

• Responsive

  Requires improvement

• Well-led

  Requires improvement

Our view of the service

Overall location summary: Date of assessment: 21 October 2025 to 28 November 2025. The Royal United Hospital Bath, provides a range of NHS hospital services. This assessment looked at Urgent and Emergency Services following multiple sources of information received about overcrowding and concerns regarding patient safety, which we rated as requires improvement. The rating of Urgent and Emergency Services has been combined with the ratings of all the other services from the last inspections. See our previous reports to get a full picture of all the other services at the Royal United Hospital Bath. The rating of the Royal United Hospital Bath, remains requires improvement.

At this assessment, we identified breaches of regulations in relation to safe care and treatment, staffing, and good governance.