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Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has retained their rating of ‘Good’ by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). |
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August 2026: National Adult Inpatient Survey Results for 2025 Published
On Wednesday 26 August, the Care Quality Commission (CQC) published the results of the 2025 National Adult Inpatient Survey. The survey gathered feedback from around 500 patients aged 16 and over who stayed in our hospital for at least one night during November last year who shared their experiences of Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
September 2025: Maternity Services Rated Good
Maternity services at St Peter’s Hospital have been awarded a good rating by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) in its latest report published on Friday 26 September 2025.
September 2025: National Adult Inpatient Survey
Results from a national survey show that nine out of 10 of patients at Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust said they were treated with ‘kindness and compassion’ and ‘respect and dignity’.
July 2025: Medical Care Services Rated Good
Medical care services (including older people’s care) at Ashford and St Peter’s NHS Foundation Trust have been awarded a good rating by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) in its latest report, published earlier this week on Wednesday 30 July. This recognition follows an extensive unannounced inspection in March 2024 which focused on assessing the service against a number of criteria including safe, effective, caring, responsive and well-led.
March 2023: CQC publishes report on maternity services at St Peter’s Hospital
In January 2023, Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust were visited by the CQC (Care Quality Commission), who carried out an unannounced focused inspection at St Peter’s Hospital as part of the national maternity inspection programme. The inspection was to look at how safe and well-led maternity services were.
Following the inspection, the CQC published a report on 29 March 2023. Our maternity service has been rated Inadequate.
- Read more about the Maternity Report.
January 2022: CQC publishes reports on surgical and medical care services at Ashford and St. Peter’s Hospitals
I wanted to update you following a recent CQC (Care Quality Commission) visit to Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals. I am pleased to announce that overall the Trust continues to be rated as good following this inspection.
In November, CQC carried out an unannounced focused inspection of Ashford Hospital to look at how safe and well-led surgical services were. Inspectors also carried out an unannounced focused inspection at St. Peter’s Hospital at the same time. This was to look at how safe and well-led medical care and surgical services were.
We recognise that there are areas for improvement and there has been a change in rating for some services, but we were encouraged to see many good areas of practice noted by the inspectors ... read more
January 2018: Trust response following recent CQC unannounced inspection at St Peter’s Hospital
Following a recent unannounced inspection at the Trust by the CQC, Chief Nurse Sue Tranka, commented:
“We are always very open to visits by the CQC and welcome their feedback and report. Whilst we recognise there are areas for improvement, we were encouraged to see many good areas of practice noted by the inspectors.
We were particularly pleased to read their description of our ‘caring’ staff and to hear that patients feel they are treated with kindness and their privacy and dignity is well respected. This is, of course, the standard of care we expect, but it’s heartening to have the reassurance that it’s happening across our wards consistently. The other good news is that staff on all of the wards visited by the CQC said they felt well supported by their managers and described an open and transparent culture where they are able to raise concerns ... read more
May 2017: Trust rated as ‘good’ by the Care Quality Commission
The independent health care regulator, the Care Quality Commission (CQC), has rated Ashford and St. Peter’s Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust as ‘Good’ following their inspection in December 2016.
Suzanne Rankin, Ashford and St. Peter’s Chief Executive said: ‘I am absolutely delighted with this result which reflects very well on our Trust and is testament to the hard work, care and commitment shown by our staff, not just during the inspection but on a daily basis as they go about their work caring for our patients ... read more
Our registration details
Each Trust has to register with the Care Quality Commission on an annual basis.
Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is registered in respect of the following regulated activities:
- Diagnostic and screening procedures
- Family planning
- Maternity and midwifery services
- Surgical procedures
- Termination of pregnancies
- Treatment of disease, disorder or injury
- Assessment or medical treatment for persons detained under the Mental Health Act 1983
Recent Reports
The CQC website has a section for the Trust and both hospitals. It can be reached via this link: www.cqc.org.uk/provider/RTK.
Action Plan
- Currently being updated.
Recent Patient Surveys
The following reports are available on the CQC website at www.cqc.org.uk/provider/RTK/surveys. Our provider code is RTK - with the hospitals coded RTK02 (for Ashford) and RTK01 (for St Peter's).
- 15/09/2021: Urgent and Emergency Care
- 28/01/2020: Maternity
- 28/11/2017: Children and young people
- 17/10/2017: Emergency department
- 31/05/2017: Inpatient
- 15/12/2015: Maternity
- 03/02/2012: Outpatient
