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Salisbury District Hospital

Provider Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust Type NHS Healthcare Organisation Region South West Last inspected 24 Feb 2026

Overall rating: Good  View full CQC report

Domain ratings

Five CQC key questions
Safe
Good
Effective
Requires Improvement
Caring
Good
Responsive
Good
Well-led
Good

Current CQC assessment

Single Assessment Framework

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

Good Assessed 24 February 2026
The service is performing well and meeting our expectations.
Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of NHS hospital services. This assessment looked at medical services which we rated as good. The rating from medical services has been combined with ratings of the other services from the last inspections. See our previous reports to get a full picture of all other services at Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust. The rating of Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust has remained the same.

Ratings by service

Medical care (Including older people's care)
Good
May 2025

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

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.

Location details

CQC ID: RNZ02
Local authority: Wiltshire
Region: South West

Inspection report

Type: Location
Date: 8 December 2021
Actions: 2 must-do 5 should-do
AI-extracted 2 Jun 2026

Related PFD reports

2015-0068 — Richard Jones (Feb 2015)