- NHS hospital
Torbay Hospital
Assessment report published 29 May 2025
Contents
Ratings
Our view of the service
Date of assessment: 13 August to 18 December 2024. Torbay and South Devon Foundation Trust provides a range of NHS hospital services. This assessment looked at children and young peoples inpatient services at Torbay Hospital because we received concerns about the care and treatment of young people with mental health needs being cared for in an unsuitable setting, which we rated as good overall. The rating from childrens and young peoples services has been combined with ratings of the other services from the last inspections. See our previous reports to get a full picture of all other services at Torbay and South Devon Foundation Trust. The rating of Torbay and South Devon Foundation Trust remains requires improvement. We found the service worked with people and partners to ensure safety was managed and monitored. However, we also found children were being treated in the acute paediatric setting that would be better treated in a specialist eating disorder provision. We found some staff felt they did not have the necessary mental health training to meet the needs of children and young people suffering from mental health disorders and the service was short of nursing staff who had a paediatric qualification. Care plans to consider the support of these children and young people in an unsuitable setting were not always fully completed. We have asked the provider for an action plan in response to the concerns found at this assessment.