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The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has found improvements in all four of the services it inspected at Good Hope Hospital. 

The CQC published their report today, based on inspections which took place in February and March 2025, and looked at medical care, maternity, urgent and emergency service and services for children and young people. 

The CQC carried out these inspections to follow up on findings and improvements University Hospitals Birmingham (UHB) was told to make at previous inspections.  

The ratings are as follows:

• The overall rating for medical care has improved from inadequate to requires improvement, while how well-led the medical care service is, has improved from inadequate to good.
• The overall rating for maternity has again been rated as requires improvement, while the rating for how well-led the maternity service is, has improved from inadequate to requires improvement.  
• The overall rating for urgent and emergency care, and the rating for how safe the service is, have improved from inadequate to requires improvement, while how well-led the service is, has improved from inadequate to good.
• This was the first time the CQC has inspected children and young people’s services at Good Hope Hospital. The overall rating, and the ratings for how effective, caring, responsive and well-led the service is, are good. How safe the service is, has been rated requires improvement.  

As CQC hasn’t inspected every service area since Good Hope Hospital has been managed by UHB, there isn’t an overall rating for the hospital. 

The Trust will now submit action plans to the CQC to further improve services inspected. 

Amanda Lyndon, CQC Deputy Director of Operations in the Midlands, said: "Overall, staff, leaders and people using services at Good Hope Hospital should be encouraged by the improvements we saw. We found many areas of good practice, and leaders should build on this by continuing to make improvements in the areas we have told them to."

Simon Jarvis, Good Hope Hospital Executive Director, said: "This latest report from the CQC shows the dedication of our staff to making real, lasting improvements for our patients. While we recognise there is more work ahead, it’s encouraging to see progress reflected in the CQC’s findings. At Good Hope Hospital, and across University Hospitals Birmingham, we are all committed to building on this momentum and delivering safe, high-quality and compassionate care across all services."  

The full report will be published on the CQC website in the coming days:

• Care Quality Commission