- NHS hospital
Bradford Royal Infirmary
Report from 20 November 2024 assessment
Contents
Ratings - Maternity
Our view of the service
On site assessment: 15 and 16 May 2024 Reason for assessment: We received a number of anonymous whistle blowing concerns regarding safe care and treatment within the assessment service group for maternity services. We undertook an unannounced responsive focussed inspection. We assessed key lines of enquiry in safe and well led. Safe quality statements assessed: learning culture, safe systems, pathways, and transitions, involving people to manage risks, safe environments, safe and effective staffing, medicines optimisation. Well Led quality statements assessed: shared direction and culture, capable, compassionate, and inclusive leaders, freedom to speak up, workforce equality diversity and inclusion, governance management and sustainability, partnerships and communities and learning improvement and innovation. Bradford teaching hospitals became an NHS foundation trust in April 2004. It is responsible for providing hospital services for the people of Bradford and communities across Yorkshire. It serves a core population of around 530,000 people and provides specialist services for around 1.2 million people in the region. The trust is a teaching hospital, with strong links to local universities. Annually there are around 6000 babies born. The last inspection the maternity assessment service group was rated overall as requires improvement in January 2023 with safe rated as requires improvement and well-led rated as good. At this assessment the maternity assessment service group was rated overall as requires improvement in May 2024 with both safe and well-led rated as good.