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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.
See older reports in alternative formats:
- Community mental health services with learning disabilities or autism, published 24 May 2019: Easy read report.
- Rampton Hospital, published 8 June 2018: British Sign Language video.
- Rampton Hospital, published 15 June 2017: British Sign Language video.
Report from 13 August 2024 assessment
Ratings - Perinatal services
Our view of the service
Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust specialist perinatal services consist of an 8-bedded inpatient unit and a community service. The Margaret Oates Mother and Baby Unit is an 8-bed specialist inpatient perinatal unit based at Hopewood Hospital and is for mothers from 32 weeks of pregnancy and their babies up to one year after birth. They are a regional unit for the East Midlands, however, as a national resource they accept admissions from other areas of England if needed. Community Perinatal services cover the whole of Nottinghamshire, the base is located at Hopewood Hospital, however the team see patients across the county in a variety of locations including in the patient’s home, GP practices. The service was last rated good (published). The report was published following CQC’s old inspection approach using key lines of enquiry (KLOEs), prompts and ratings characteristics. This assessment has been completed following the Care Quality Commission (CQC) new approach to assessment; Single Assessment Framework (SAF). We carried out our on-site assessment on 18 June 2024. 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 quality statements across 1 key question; learning culture, safe systems pathways and transitions, safeguarding, involving people to manage risks, safe environments, safe and effective staffing, infection, prevention and control, medicines optimisation. As we assessed all the quality statements for the key question of Safe, the rating for this key question reflects the findings of this assessment. However, as we did not assess quality statements from the key questions; Effective, Responsive, Caring and Well led, which means we use the ratings from the previous inspection to rate these key questions. At the time of the assessment the service was supporting 3 mothers and their babies on the unit.
People's experience of this service
During this assessment we spoke with 2 patients using the service and reviewed 5 patient care and treatment records. The patients we spoke with were overwhelmingly positive about all aspects of the staff and services provided. They described the care as exceptional, and they felt supported and nurtured. Patients felt safe on the ward and were involved in the development and reviews of their care and treatment plans. They told us staff offered a variety of meaningful activities and staff were always available and approachable.