Victoria Hospital – safe delivery of care inspection report: October 2023
Document Type
Inspection reports
NHS hospitals and services
Summary
We carried out an unannounced inspection to Victoria Hospital, NHS Fife on Monday 31 July to Wednesday 2 August 2023 using our safe delivery of care inspection methodology.
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 four areas of good practice, two recommendations and nine requirements.
“Patients and visitors were complimentary about staff and the care they provided. However, we were required to raise serious concerns about the condition of the healthcare environment within the older ‘Phase 1’ building of the hospital. NHS Fife staff teams and senior managers have been open and responsive to the inspection findings and the concerns raised with them, and an improvement plan has been developed to meet the requirements.”
Donna Maclean, Chief Inspector, Healthcare Improvement Scotland