Balfour Hospital – safe delivery of care inspection report: July 2026
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Document Type
Inspection reports
NHS hospitals and services
Summary
We carried out an unannounced inspection of Balfour Hospital, NHS Orkney, on Monday 23 and Tuesday 24 March 2026 using our safe delivery of care inspection methodology.
We inspected the following areas:
- emergency department
- Eir Acute Ward (Acute Care Inpatient 1)
- Hlin Assessment and Rehabilitation Ward (Inpatient 2)
Our findings
The inspection resulted in eight areas of good practice and seven requirements.