Trust news

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Essential flooring works underway

Patients, visitors and staff at Croydon University Hospital are advised that essential flooring improvement works are taking place in the hospital's main entrance area this week.   ...

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Celebrating the vital contribution of our SAS doctors

As part of SAS Week, is celebrating the achievements and contributions of its Specialist, Associate Specialist and Specialty (SAS) doctors, whose expertise and dedication help deliver high-quality car...

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Charity funded Memory Lane Dementia Garden opens to enhance patient wellbeing

Croydon Health Services NHS Trust has welcomed guests to the opening of its first dedicated garden to enhance dementia care for patients at Croydon University Hospital....

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Temporary closure of main entrance disabled parking bays

Patients and visitors to Croydon University Hospital are advised that the disabled parking bays opposite the main entrance will be temporarily unavailable as part of ongoing improvement works to the h...

Our current CQC rating

CQC graphic along with text: Croydon Health Services NHS Trust, CQC overall rating, Require improvement, 11 February 2020

Latest services inspection

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) in July 2025 rated two of our services as ‘Requires Improvement’, the report recognised important progress and sets out a clear path for continued improvement.

The assessment was unannounced and carried out on 1 and 2 April 2025, focused on urgent and emergency care (UEC), and medical care services at Croydon University Hospital

The assessment focused on a number of quality statements under the Safe, Effective, Caring, Responsive, and Well Led domains.

Following the assessment, the UEC service has an overall rating of requires improvement, and medical care services has an overall rating of requires improvement.

Overall the Trust is rated ‘Requires Improvement’ – following its last full inspection in February 2020.