Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Hospital

Ratings

• Overall

  Requires improvement

• Safe

  Requires improvement

• Effective

  Requires improvement

• Caring

  Good

• Responsive

  Requires improvement

• Well-led

  Requires improvement

Our view of the service

The Queen Elizabeth Queen Mother Hospital is operated by East Kent Foundation NHS Trust. The maternity service sits within the maternity and women’s directorate and provides a range of services from pregnancy, birth and postnatal care. Out- patient services include an early pregnancy unit, antenatal clinics, and a fetal medicine unit. In-patient services include antenatal, intrapartum, postnatal beds and a bereavement suite. There is a mixed antenatal and postnatal ward and a triage service which is accessible 24 hours-a-day. The is a midwifery-led unit and the labour ward has 7 labour/birth rooms which include 1 pool for labour and/or birth. There is 1 dedicated obstetric theatre and recovery room with 2 beds. The special care baby unit is close to the labour ward to support quick access when babies needed to transfer.   Community maternity services are provided by teams of midwives predominantly commissioned by NHS Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board.



Safe summary: 



We assessed 8 quality statements for the key question safe.  We rated this key question requires improvement during this review of maternity at Queen Elizabeth Queen Mother Hospital. This is because of the limitations of the estate.



Effective Overall Summary: 



We reviewed 6 quality statements for the key question effective. We rated this key question good during this review of maternity at Queen Elizabeth Queen Mother Hospital.



Caring Overall Summary: 



We reviewed 5 quality statements for the key question caring. We rated this key question good during this review of maternity at Queen Elizabeth Queen Mother Hospital.  



Responsive Overall Summary: 



We reviewed 7 quality statements for the key question responsive. We rated this key question good during this review of maternity at Queen Elizabeth Queen Mother Hospital.  



Well-Led Overall Summary: 



We reviewed 7 quality statements for the key question well-led. We rated this key question good during this review of maternity at Queen Elizabeth Queen Mother Hospital.