Salisbury District Hospital

Ratings

• Overall

  Good

• Safe

  Requires improvement

• Effective

  Good

• Caring

  Good

• Responsive

  Good

• Well-led

  Good

Our view of the service

Date of assessment: 24 to 25 September 2024. Salisbury Foundation Trust provides a range of NHS hospital services. This assessment looked at maternity services due to information of concern raised around culture, poor care, low staffing and poor performance indicators, which we rated as good. During this assessment of maternity services we there was a good safety culture where events were investigated, and learning was embedded to promote good practice. Staff provided safe care and treatment, the environment was safe and mostly well maintained. The maternity service had core staff within the day assessment and triage. To ensure staffing levels met the needs of women and birthing people, leaders had introduced assigning staff to their designated maternity area at the start of each shift. Staff delivered good care and treatment following evidence based practice and people had good outcomes. Staff were kind, caring and compassionate. People could access care and treatment when they needed it. The department and staff were well-led by strong leaders who embodied the cultures and values of their workforce. There was improved governance, risk management and culture.

The rating from maternity 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 Salisbury Foundation Trust. The overall rating of Salisbury Foundation Trust remains requires improvement.