Trust news

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Croydon residents urged to protect themselves as flu cases rise

Across the NHS, hospitals are seeing a sharp rise in flu cases, putting extra pressure on local NHS services as winter demand increases.  Hospital admissions for winter illnesses have climbed sig...

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Introducing automatic number plate recognition parking at Croydon University Hospital and Purley War Memorial Hospital

A new Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) system is being introduced at both Croydon University Hospital (CUH) and Purley War Memorial Hospital (PWMH) to make parking simpler, safer, and more ef...

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Junior doctor strike action between 14 November and 19 November

The British Medical Association has announced there will be resident doctors strikes taking place this week across the NHS, which will potentially cause some disruption to appointments. The strike wil...

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Standing Firm in Power and Pride: Lilian’s story

This October we have been marking Black History Month, we’ve been catching up with colleagues and asking how they resonate with this year’s theme of Standing Firm in Power and Pride....

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.