Trust news

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Keeping you safe during resident doctors’ strike this week

Resident doctor strike action: Tuesday 7 April to Monday 13 April The British Medical Association has announced that resident doctors will be taking strike action across the NHS from 7am on Tuesday 7...

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Croydon’s Autism Support Team celebrated for national impact

Croydon’s Adult Autism Intensive Support Team (IST) has received national recognition following a recent visit from NHS England, marking an important milestone in the borough’s ongoing wor...

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Health and Social Care Secretary opens multi-million pound Community Diagnostic Centre in New Addington

A new Community Diagnostic Centre (CDC) has officially opened in Croydon, offering thousands of local people faster access to vital tests and scans closer to where they live.The centre was made possib...

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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...

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.