Gartnavel General Hospital – Unannounced follow up inspection report: February 2026
Document Type
Inspection reports
NHS hospitals and services
Summary
We carried out an unannounced inspection of Gartnavel General Hospital, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, on 23 —24 May 2023. As well as noting six areas of good practice, a total of three requirements were made to the NHS board which are listed within this report.
We returned to carry out an unannounced follow-up inspection of Gartnavel General Hospital on 25 November 2025 to assess progress made against the actions contained within NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde improvement action plan.
During our inspection, we revisited several of the areas previously inspected to provide assurance of improvement within these areas. We also included a broad range of specialties to help us to understand the extent of any wider improvements across the hospital. We inspected the following areas:
- outpatient department
- ward 3A
- ward 3C
- ward 4A
- ward 4C
- ward 6A
- ward 6C
- ward 8A, and
- ward 8C.
Our findings
This follow-up inspection resulted in three areas of good practice, no recommendations and no new requirements. One previous requirement was carried forward.