Children and Young People

In 2018 CQC identified services to children and young people within acute hospitals as an area for improvement. 37 independent providers had ratings for this core service area at the beginning of that year. One was rated inadequate and 14 rated requires improvement (40% in total). By contrast, there are now 66 independent providers with ratings for this service area, 86% of which are good or outstanding, as shown below: 

There were four independent providers rated outstanding for children and young people’s services at the beginning of 2018 (i.e., 10.8% or 4 of 37 organisations). There are now seven organisations rated outstanding for this population group (10.6% or 7 of 66 organisations).