- NHS hospital
East Surrey Hospital
Assessment report published 4 November 2026
Contents
Ratings
Our view of the service
Date of assessment: 9 to 12 March 2026.
East Surrey Hospital is part of Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust. The trust is a provider of acute hospital services in West Sussex and East Surrey, offering care to a local population of 744,000 people. The trust also provides care to people from further afield due to the proximity to transport connections. It provides a range of NHS hospital services.
This assessment looked at urgent and emergency care and medical care. We carried out these assessments as part of the CQC winter pressures programme and due to increased concerns in both areas. The service also had previous breaches in legal regulations relating to safe care and treatment, and governance.
We rated both urgent and emergency care and medical care (including elderly care) as requires improvement.
The ratings from urgent and emergency care and medical care (including elderly care) have been combined with ratings of the other services from previous inspections, to give an overall rating for East Surrey Hospital. See previous reports to get a full picture of all other services at East Surrey Hospital.
At this assessment we found breaches of regulation in urgent and emergency care, in relation to safe care and treatment, premises and equipment, staffing and good governance. We also found breaches of regulation in medical care (including elderly care), in relation to safe care and treatment, premises and equipment, staffing and good governance.
The rating of East Surrey Hospital has remained requires improvement.