University Hospital Wishaw – mental health safe delivery of care inspection report: May 2026
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Document Type
Inspection reports
Mental health units
Summary
We carried out an unannounced inspection at University Hospital Wishaw, NHS Lanarkshire on Wednesday 3 and Thursday 4 December 2025 using our safe delivery of care inspection methodology. We inspected the following areas:
- Ward 1
- Ward 2
- Ward 3
- Intensive Psychiatric Care Unit
During our inspection, we:
- inspected the ward and hospital environment
- observed staff practice and interactions with patients, such as during patient
mealtimes - spoke with patients, visitors and ward staff, and
- accessed patients’ health records, monitoring reports, policies and
procedures.
Our findings
This inspection resulted in four areas of good practice, three recommendations and 12 requirements.