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About HCA
Quality Care Commission
HCA Healthcare UK services are registered with the Care Quality Commission, known as CQC. We have the UKs highest rated family of private hospitals.
How are services regulated and rated?
About CQC
CQC regulates all health and social care services in England. It is a legal requirement to register with CQC. Once registered, services are subject to periodic inspections. Following an inspection, CQC applies an overall rating as well as rating services against five key areas: Safe, Effective, Caring, Responsive and Well-led. For hospital CQC also rates services, such as surgery and critical care.
HCA Healthcare UK's Hospital ratings
HCA Healthcare UK has nine hospitals registered with CQC. Our network of hospitals provides complex healthcare across a range of specialties to patients. This includes advanced cancer treatments, robotic surgery, critical care and treating complex medical conditions. 57% of our hospital are rated as outstanding by CQC.
| Location | Current rating |
| The Wilmslow Hospital | ★ Outstanding |
| London Bridge Hospital | ★ Outstanding |
| The Christie Private Care | Inspected, not yet rated ⓘ |
| The Harley Street Clinic | ★ Outstanding |
| The Lister Hospital | ★ Outstanding |
| The Harborne Hospital | Inspected, not yet rated ⓘ |
| The Portland Hospital | ✓ Good |
| The Princess Grace Hospital | ✓ Good |
| The Wellington Hospital | ✓ Good |
HCA UK has the most outstanding rated hospitals
HCA UK has the most outstanding rated hospitals in the independent healthcare sector. CQC has frequently rated out services as outstanding, and out ratings compare favourably with competitors and the independent sector in England as a whole.
We are proud of the ratings that our facilities have achieved and continually focus on providing that best possible care to patients - helping us to achieve outstanding CQC ratings.
57%rated outstanding
43%rated good
HCA UK vs the independant healthcare sector
| Hospital | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
| HCA UK | 57 | 43 | 0 | 0 |
| Circle | 25 | 90 | 75 | 0 |
| Nuffield | 6 | 94 | 0 | 0 |
| Spire | 9 | 88 | 3 | 0 |
| IH overall | 4 | 75 | 15 | 4 |
Source: The state of healthcare and adult social care n England 2024/2025 - Care Quality Commission
Competitor data correct as ot 16/01/2026. HCA data correct as at 09/04/2026
A trusted benchmark for private care
Choosing private healthcare doesn't automatically mean better care. Whilst HCA UK offer's the UK's highest rated family of private hospitals, quality provided by other providers in the sector can vary.
The CQC's 2024-2025 report offers patients clear, reliable information to help them choose care with confidence. At HCA UK, we welcome this transparency.
For CQC data on the overall Independent Health sector, as well further details of the inspection activity CQC has carried out across health and social care services in England.
What CQC says about our service
" All staff should be extremely proud of the care they're providing to people. They clearly work hard to provide an exceptional care, and other services should look to this report to see what they can learn."
"We witnessed and were told of numerous examples of exceptional care, for example, staff arranged a family dinner for someone receiving end of life care and enabled another to meet their favourite music artist."
Chris Storton, CQC deputy director of operations in the north west about The Christie Hospital