The Gardens
Diana Princess Of Wales Hospital, Grimsby, DN33 2BA · Phone 01472302515
Run by NAViGO Health and Social Care CIC. CQC overall rating for this site: Inspected but not rated (2023-03-13).
How the regulator currently rates the wards here
- Wards for older people with mental health problems: Outstanding (2025-08-28, trust-wide rating)
- Long stay or rehabilitation mental health wards for working age adults: Requires improvement (2019-12-11, trust-wide rating)
- Acute wards for adults of working age and psychiatric intensive care units: Good (2019-12-11, trust-wide rating)
- Community-based mental health services for adults of working age: Good (2018-02-15, trust-wide rating)
- Community-based mental health services for older people: Good (2017-02-14, trust-wide rating)
Every fact links to its source: the Care Quality Commission, the Courts and Tribunals Judiciary, the trust's own board papers and website.
What you should know right now
Inspectors rated the trust's wards for older people with mental health problems Outstanding in August 2025. This rating covers this kind of ward across the whole trust, not just The Gardens. Within that rating, Safe and Effective were rated Good, and Caring, Responsive and Well-led were rated Outstanding. Inspectors last reported on The Gardens itself in March 2023, when they did not give a new rating and noted mostly positive findings.
Worth asking the ward
- Inspectors in 2023 said the wards here were mixed sex. Is my relative's ward still mixed sex? Is there a clearly signed female-only lounge, and does everyone have their own en-suite bedroom?
- Carers told inspectors in 2025 that they were involved in care planning. How can I be involved in my relative's care plan, and who should I contact for updates?
- Inspectors in 2023 said most staff had basic safety training. Are all staff on the ward now up to date with that training?
AI summary of the official evidence on this page, written 2026-10-03 and checked against its sources.