Broomfield Hospital

Ratings

• Overall

  Requires improvement

• Safe

  Requires improvement

• Effective

  Requires improvement

• Caring

  Good

• Responsive

  Good

• Well-led

  Requires improvement

Our view of the service

Broomfield Hospital is operated by Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust. The hospital provides local elective and emergency services to people living in and around the districts of Chelmsford, Maldon and Braintree. Broomfield Hospital site based in Chelmsford is home to the internationally renowned St Andrew's burns and plastics centre, which provides a supra-regional burns service to a population of 9.8 million people. Broomfield Hospital is registered for; treatment of disease, disorder or injury, termination of pregnancies, surgical procedure, maternity and midwifery services, management of supply of blood and blood derived products, family planning, diagnostic and screening procedures, assessment, or medical treatment for persons detained under the Mental Health Act 1983. Maternity services at Broomfield hospital were reassessed on the 24th and 26th of July 2024. Following our assessment the maternity services rating overall had increased to requires improvement due some improvements made following enforcement action. However, Broomfield maternity services remain under conditions following this assessment and the service will continue to be monitored closely to ensure that improvements are being embedded. Medical care (including older people care) was last assessed in July 2023 and was rated Requires Improvement overall. During this focused inspection, not all breaches identified at the last inspection were reassessed to include all potential improvements. Surgery was last assessed in December 2021 and was rated Requires Improvement overall.