Royal Derby Hospital

Ratings

• Overall

  Requires improvement

• Safe

  Requires improvement

• Effective

  Good

• Caring

  Good

• Responsive

  Good

• Well-led

  Requires improvement

Our view of the service

Royal Derby Hospital is part of University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust. Royal Derby Hospital has 1,159 beds and provides state-of-the-art care to around one million patients from Derby and the surrounding areas every year.

We carried out an unannounced on site assessment of critical care at Royal Derby Hospital on 13 March 2025.

Royal Derby Hospital critical care unit comprises of twenty bed spaces within two large conjoined bays, including four isolation rooms which are used flexibly for patients who require level 2 and level 3 care (traditionally known as high dependency and intensive care.)

The unit has a dedicated critical care physiotherapy team and a multidisciplinary approach is taken to patient care. There is a critical care outreach team who provide support to deteriorating patients throughout the hospital.