Aberdeen Royal Infirmary – safe delivery of care inspection report: February 2024
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Document Type
Inspection reports
NHS hospitals and services
Summary
We carried out an unannounced inspection to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, NHS Grampian on Monday 9 to Wednesday 11 October 2023 using our safe delivery of care inspection methodology.
In parallel to this inspection, we also carried out a safe delivery of care inspection at Dr Gray’s Hospital, Elgin to provide wider assurance of systems and processes across NHS Grampian.
During our inspection, we:
- inspected the ward and hospital environment
- observed staff practice and interactions with patients, such as during patient mealtimes
- spoke with patients, visitors and ward staff
- accessed patients’ health records, monitoring reports, policies and procedures.
Our findings
This inspection resulted in five areas of good practice, two recommendations and 12 requirements.
“An improvement action plan has been developed by NHS Grampian to meet the requirements at both hospitals. We will seek assurance that improvement actions are progressed through future inspections.”
Donna Maclean, Chief Inspector, Healthcare Improvement Scotland