London North West Healthcare NHS Trust

We carried out this inspection as part of our comprehensive acute hospital inspection programme for combined acute hospital and community health based trusts. We inspected Northwick Park Hospital, Ealing Hospital and the following community health services: community services for adults; community services for children, young people and families; community inpatient services; community services for end of life care and community dental services.

The announced part of the inspection took place between 19-23 October 2015 and there were further unannounced inspections which took place between 3-7 November 2015.

Overall we rated this trust as requires improvement. We rated acute end of life services as good. We rated the following acute services provided by the trust as requires improvement: Urgent and emergency care, medical care including care of the elderly, surgery, critical care, maternity and gynaecology, acute services for children and outpatients and diagnostic imaging.