Balfour Hospital maternity safe delivery of care inspection: July 2026
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Document Type
Inspection reports
Maternity units
Summary
We carried out an unannounced maternity services inspection to Balfour Hospital, NHS Orkney on Monday 23 March and Tuesday 24 March 2026 using our safe delivery of care inspection methodology. During the maternity inspection, we inspected the following areas:
- Combined antenatal, labour suite and postnatal ward.
During our inspection, we:
- inspected the ward and hospital environment
- observed staff practice and interactions with women such as during mealtimes
- spoke with women, visitors and ward staff and
- accessed women and birthing peoples health records, monitoring reports, policies and procedures
Our findings
This inspection resulted in 12 areas of good practice, two recommendations and nine requirements.