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Salisbury District Hospital

Provider Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust Type NHS Healthcare Organisation Region South West Last inspected 30 Jul 2026

Location rating: Requires Improvement  View location on CQC

Location ratings by domain

Five CQC key questions

Ratings held for this CQC location under the Single Assessment Framework, assessed 30 July 2026. Ratings extracted from individual reports are shown separately below.

Safe
Requires Improvement
Effective
Requires Improvement
Caring
Good
Responsive
Good
Well-led
Requires Improvement

CQC assessments indexed

Single Assessment Framework

From 2024 CQC rates services through ongoing assessments rather than comprehensive inspections.

Requires Improvement
The service is not performing as well as it should and we have told the service how it must improve.
On the 16 and 17 of September 2025 we carried out an inspection of surgical services at Salisbury District Hospital, which we have rated as requires improvement. The reason for the inspection was due to the aged rating of the service.The rating from surgical services has been combined with ratings from other services from previous inspections. See our previous reports to get a full picture of all other services at Salisbury District Hospital.The rating of Salisbury District Hospital has changed to requires improvement.At this inspection we found breaches of regulation …

Ratings by service

Surgery
Requires Improvement
Mar 2026
Medical care (Including older people's care)
Good
May 2025
Maternity
Good
Aug 2024

Regulatory breaches & enforcement

Current-framework "must do" equivalent

Breaches of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014, stated verbatim in the CQC assessment.

Warning notice Overall
The CQC previously inspected Salisbury District Maternity Service in March 2021 and following the inspection received a section 29A warning notice, due to the inspection identifying concerns within the maternity service and there was a need for significant improvements in the quality of maternity care.
· 29 Jan 2025 · CQC source
Warning notice Overall
The service was re-inspected in October 2021 against the warning notice requirements, the outcome being removal of the warning notice.
· 29 Jan 2025 · CQC source

Breaches identified (1)

Breach Safe
At this inspection we found breaches of regulation in relation to Safe Care and Treatment and Good Governance.
Regulation: Regulation 12 (Safe care and treatment) · 30 Jul 2026

Most recent report indexed for actions

The date and rating here are from an individual report, not necessarily the location's latest assessment. Report ratings are extracted with AI; verify the original PDF.

Type: Location
Date: 8 December 2021
Actions indexed: 2 must-do 5 should-do

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AI-extracted 2 Jun 2026

Earlier inspection findings

pre-2024 framework · 2 must-do 5 should-do

Must-do actions (2)

Legal requirements based on regulation breaches identified during inspection.

Must-do action 1 of 2
Must do
Safe
Ensure staff complete fluid balance charts.
Regulation: Regulation 12 (Safe care and treatment)
⚠ We found low compliance with fluid balance audits and this had not improved. Actions to improve compliance with completion of fluid balance charts had not led to sustained improvements. Maternity audit data showed a decline in compliance over the previous six months. At this inspection performance in the fluid balance …
Must-do action 2 of 2
Must do
Well-led
Ensure learning from serious incidents is embedded to sustain improvements in the quality and safety of services.
Regulation: Regulation 17 (Good governance)
⚠ Governance processes were highly procedural and lacked the strategic view and level of scrutiny needed to make and sustain improvements that could make a difference at an operational level. Action plans were created in response to regulatory requirements in an narrow way which missed opportunities for wider learning. Actions to …

Should-do actions (5)

Recommended improvements to enhance service quality.

Should-do action 1 of 5
Should do
Well-led
Consider how staff well being, including prioritising the need for clinical staff get required breaks, can be improved at pace.
Should-do action 2 of 5
Should do
Well-led
The team should work to evidence action taken when staff raise concerns.
Should-do action 3 of 5
Should do
Safe
Review availability of debriefs for staff following serious or distressing incidents.
Should-do action 4 of 5
Should do
Well-led
Consider the impact of midwifery staffing challenges on resourcing the quality and safety agenda in maternity.
Should-do action 5 of 5
Should do
Well-led
Review the effectiveness of ongoing board oversight and monitoring of the NHS resolutions scheme.