Our Emergency Department and Urgent Treatment Centre are currently extremely busy.
Where possible please:
They are all available to help.
If you have an urgent or life threatening emergency, our Emergency Department remains open to care for you.
Remember — only call 999 in a life threatening emergency.
Our waiting list validation messages are designed to improve communication with you while you wait for treatment. Read the full story to find out more about MyCare...
Some patients with long-term conditions or following treatment don’t always need regular check-ups. Instead, they can be offered something called Patient Initiated Follow-Up (PIFU). PIFU lets y...
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The Care Quality Commission (CQC) in February 2018 rated three of out of four core services at Croydon Health Services NHS Trust as ‘Good’ following a routine inspection.
The unannounced inspection carried out during October and November 2017 focused on surgery, critical care, end of life care and outpatients at both Croydon University Hospital and Purley War Memorial Hospital.
The inspectors found there had been improvements in surgery, end of life care and outpatients, raising the rating from ‘Requires Improvement’ to ‘Good’ in all three services. The CQC rated critical care as “Requires Improvement.”
Overall the Trust was rated as ‘Requires Improvement’ – the same as its last inspection in June 2015.
