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Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
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We have suspended the ratings on this page while we investigate concerns about this provider. We will publish ratings here once we have completed this investigation.
We have published a rapid review of Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust and an assessment of progress made at Rampton Hospital since the most recent CQC inspection activity.
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- Community mental health services with learning disabilities or autism, published 24 May 2019: Easy read report.
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- Rampton Hospital, published 15 June 2017: British Sign Language video.
Report from 16 July 2025 assessment
Contents
Ratings - Forensic inpatient or secure wards
Our view of the service
Date of assessment: 7 to 14 May 2025
Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust’s forensic in-patient service consists of 3 locations including The Wells Road Centre, Wathwood Hospital and Arnold Lodge.During this assessment, we carried out an onsite assessment at Arnold Lodge and Wathwood Hospital. This assessment has been completed following the Care Quality Commission (CQC) new approach to assessment; Single Assessment Framework (SAF). We have completed 3 assessments at this location using our new approach and therefore its overall rating is a combination of the new and old methodology. This was an unannounced assessment, which means the provider was not told an assessment was going to be starting beforehand. During this assessment we looked at all the quality statements across the key question Well Led: Shared direction and culture, Capable, compassionate and inclusive leaders, Freedom to speak up, Workforce quality, diversity and inclusion, Governance, management and sustainability, Partnership and communities and Learning, improvement and innovation and 1 quality statement under Responsive: Listening to and involving people. As we have now assessed all the quality statements for the key question of Well led, the rating for this key question reflects the findings of this assessment. However, as we did not assess enough quality statements from the key questions; Safe, Effective, Caring, and Responsive, which means we use the ratings from the previous assessment to rate these key questions.
People's experience of this service
During this assessment we spoke with 4 patients, visited 9 wards and attended a quality meeting, learning event, ward away day and a patient forum. Co-production was a central element of care. We observed a ‘ward away day’ where patients, ward staff, and members of the multi-disciplinary team collaboratively designed a new treatment pathway. Patients actively participated, sharing opinions, asking questions, and challenging ideas. Patients’ contributions were respected and valued. Staff and leaders described various methods for patients to provide feedback on their care. We saw a patient forum that demonstrated how patients were encouraged to raise questions, concerns, and suggestions directly with leadership.