- NHS hospital
Luton and Dunstable Hospital
Report from 13 May 2025 assessment
Ratings
Our view of the service
Date of assessment: 10-11 June and 15 July 2025. Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a large general hospital that provides maternity services across two sites, Luton and Dunstable Hospital and Bedford Hospital. The Trust has approximately 1,100 overnight inpatient beds across the two sites and provides a comprehensive range of general medical and surgical services, including Emergency Department (ED) and maternity services for people in Luton, Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, and parts of Buckinghamshire.
This assessment looked at maternity services to follow up on the concerns identified at the previous assessment, which we rated as inadequate. The rating of maternity has been combined with the ratings of the other services from the last assessments. See our previous reports to get a full picture of all the other services at Luton and Dunstable Hospital. The overall rating of Luton and Dunstable Hospital remains requires improvement.