- NHS hospital
Salisbury District Hospital
Report from 5 May 2025 assessment
Contents
Ratings - Medical care (Including older people's care)
Our view of the service
On the 18th and 19th of June we carried out an inspection of medical care services at Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust.
We inspected 31 quality statements across safe, effective, caring, responsive and well-led key questions. We have combined the scores for these areas with scores from the last inspection to give the overall rating.
The division of medicine had a total number of 261 beds across 13 wards.
We spoke with 23 patients and 5 relatives/carers. We reviewed 20 patient records including nursing notes, prescription charts and theatre records. We spoke with more than 30 staff which included: consultants, resident doctors, nurses, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, senior leaders, healthcare assistants, administration staff, housekeeping staff and volunteers.
People's experience of this service
Patients and any family or carers with them were generally positive about the staff treating them with kindness and dignity and providing effective care and treatment. Most people and family or carers said that communication with them was good despite how busy the department was. People did not experience discrimination or inequality. The service made reasonable adjustments for people with disabilities and communication difficulties.