Archived: HMP Nottingham

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• Overview
• Shared direction and culture
• Capable, compassionate and inclusive leaders
• Freedom to speak up
• Workforce equality, diversity and inclusion
• Governance, management and sustainability
• Partnerships and communities
• Learning, improvement and innovation

We inspected 1 quality statement for this key question. We found that staffing shortages including those in some senior roles, a lack of incident report and continued staffing concerns meant that the provider could not evidence a full and accurate picture of the service being delivered.

Find out what we look at when we assess this area in our information about our new Single assessment framework.

The judgement for Shared direction and culture is based on the latest evidence we assessed for the Well-led key question.

The judgement for Capable, compassionate and inclusive leaders is based on the latest evidence we assessed for the Well-led key question.

The judgement for Freedom to speak up is based on the latest evidence we assessed for the Well-led key question.

The judgement for Workforce equality, diversity and inclusion is based on the latest evidence we assessed for the Well-led key question.

We were not assured that comprehensive assurance systems and processes were in place, and regularly reviewed to help manage risk within the service. For example, staffing shortages, were not recorded as incidents. The provider lacked oversight of this and could therefore not demonstrate they had proactively identified and responded to all risks and assessed the impact on the service provided. The lack of incident reporting, coupled with staffing shortages, including those in senior roles, meant that the provider could not be assured that they had a full and accurate picture of the risks and the impact it was having on the service and care provided for the patients.

We found that there had been absences in some senior leadership posts for approximately 3 months and that the provider had not ensured full contingency plans for this period. Since this had been addressed, progress has been made in some areas such as patient healthcare forums and staff told us that they felt more supported by managers.

At our previous inspection we found that not all information given to the inspection team was accurate. At this inspection we were assured that data supplied about staff training in relation to level 3 safeguarding adults and hospital life support were correct.

The judgement for Partnerships and communities is based on the latest evidence we assessed for the Well-led key question.

The judgement for Learning, improvement and innovation is based on the latest evidence we assessed for the Well-led key question.