- NHS hospital
Southmead Hospital
Report from 15 November 2024 assessment
Contents
Ratings - Medical care (Including older people's care)
Our view of the service
North Bristol NHS Trust is an acute trust located in Bristol that provides acute hospital services and some community services to people in Bristol, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset. We undertook an unannounced on-site assessment of 2 medical and surgical wards and the Intensive Care Unit at Southmead hospital on 22 January 2024 in response to concerns we received about the training of current staff and whether the trust ensured all new staff received ongoing training. We also sought assurance from the trust through discussion with the senior leadership team, we reviewed evidence submitted and looked at what action the trust had taken to date and what action the trust intended to take to address the concerns. The assessment was focused on the patient pathway and the wards we visited were mixed with medical and surgical patients. Therefore, the 2 assessment service groups (ASGs) for medical care and surgery will produce identical reports.