Borders General Hospital maternity safe delivery of care inspection report: June 2026
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Document Type
Inspection reports
Maternity units
Summary
We carried out an unannounced inspection to Borders General Hospital, NHS Borders on Monday 16 and Tuesday 17 March 2026 using our safe delivery of care inspection methodology. We inspected the following areas:
- Ward 16 – combined antenatal, postnatal ward and triage area
- Labour ward
During our inspection, we:
- inspected the ward and hospital environment
- observed staff practice and interactions with women and birthing people, such as during mealtimes
- spoke with women, birthing people, visitors and ward staff and
- accessed women and birthing people’s health records, monitoring reports, policies and procedures
Our findings
This inspection resulted in ten areas of good practice, one recommendation and ten requirements.