Spire Little Aston Hospital

Ratings - Surgery

• Overall

  Outstanding

• Safe

  Good

• Effective

  Good

• Caring

  Outstanding

• Responsive

  Good

• Well-led

  Outstanding

Our view of the service

The main activity of the hospital was surgery. There were 2 wards: Wyndley ward had 27 beds and accommodated overnight patients and Bracebridge ward had 8 beds which were used for day case surgical patients when required. Between May 2025 and April 2026 there were 6925 patient surgical operations at Spire Little Aston Hospital. Children aged between 16 and 18 can have surgery at Spire Little Aston Hospital but only if they were assessed to have the capacity to understand and provide informed consent to the surgery. The quality of care and treatment of children aged between 16 and 18 years of age undergoing surgical procedures was not reviewed as part of the assessment of surgery.

The hospital provided a wide range of surgical specialties, including:

Breast surgery

Ear nose and throat

Gastroenterology

General surgery

Gynaecology and Obstetrics

Neurology

Ophthalmology

Oral Surgery

Orthopaedics (spine)

Orthopaedics surgery

Pain management

Plastic surgery

Podiatry

Urology.

The hospital registered manager had been in post since 2020 but was undertaking an interim role in another service at the time of our assessment.

The service is registered to provide the following regulated activities:

• Treatment of Disease, Disorder or Injury.
• Diagnostic Imaging Services.
• Surgical procedures.
• Family planning
• Services in slimming clinics

People's experience of this service

We spoke to 7 surgical patients in the hospital. Patients were positive about the staff treating them with warmth and kindness and providing effective care and treatment. Patients confirmed their pain was well managed, and they were supported to move around as much as possible after their operation. Patients said the call bells were always answered quickly, and they felt they could get assistance if needed. Patients told us they were given time to ask questions about their procedure and staff had checked they understood what procedure they were having done.

The Friends and Family Test (FFT) is a nationally recognised feedback tool that enables people using NHS services to share their experiences of care and treatment.

Listening to the views of patients and staff helps identify what is working well, what can be improved and how. The FFT asks people about their overall experience of services they have used and offers a range of responses. Inpatients performed well in the most recent FFT data, with 100% of responses deemed positive for Spire Little Aston and 79% “very good” overall experience, In February Spire Little Aston Hospital received 25 responses from an eligible base of 87 patients, this is equivalent to 29% of the eligible patient base.

People and families experienced care that was compassionate, respectful and kind. Staff listened to people, introduced themselves and responded sensitively to pain, distress and mental health needs.