Core Standards & Ratings
Care Quality Commission
From April 2010 it is a legal requirement for all healthcare providers to be registered with the Care Quality Commission (CQC) and comply with the essential standards of quality and safety and their associated outcomes.
These outcome based standards are underpinned by the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2009, and the Care Quality Commission (Registration) Regulations 2009.
The Trust is Registered With No Conditions Applied with the Care Quality Commission.
Care Quality Commission Certificate of Registration
October 2023 Inspection
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Core Standards
Emergency, Preparedness, Resilience and Response (EPRR)
Following external assessment in October 2017, the Royal United Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust continues to be substantially compliant with regards to the Emergency, Preparedness, Resilience and Response (EPRR) core standards.There are 5 remaining core standards at amber. These are the annual work programme; lockdown, and business continuity, including fuel planning and the identification of critical services. The Trust was awarded 100% compliance on the EPRR governance deep dive assessment, and has plans in place to address the core standards rated as amber. The designated Non-Executive director for EPRR is Joanna Hole.
Archive
A full list of past inspection reports is availble from the CQC web site:
Details about the CQC Annual Health Check 2008/09 can be found here: