Royal Derby Hospital

Ratings

• Overall

  Requires improvement

• Safe

  Requires improvement

• Effective

  Good

• Caring

  Requires improvement

• Responsive

  Good

• Well-led

  Requires improvement

Our view of the service

Royal Derby Hospital is part of University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust. Royal Derby Hospital has 1,159 beds and provides care to around one million patients from Derby and the surrounding areas every year.

We carried out an unannounced inspection of urgent and emergency care (UEC) and medicine on 3 and 4 February 2026 as part of our Winter Pressures programme. The UEC service was rated requires improvement and medicine was rated requires improvement.

The ratings from UEC and medicine have been combined with ratings of the other services in the trust. Refer to our previous reports for a comprehensive overview of all services at Royal Derby Hospital.

Following this inspection the rating of Royal Derby Hospital has changed from good to requires improvement.