Queen Elizabeth University Hospital maternity safe delivery of care inspection: June 2026
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Document Type
Inspection reports
Maternity units
Summary
We carried out an unannounced inspection to Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde on Tuesday 27 and Wednesday 28 January 2026. We used our safe delivery of care inspection methodology. We inspected the following areas:
- Antenatal ward
- Labour ward
- Maternity Assessment Unit
- Postnatal ward 47
- Postnatal ward 50
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 health records, monitoring reports, policies and procedures
Our findings
This inspection resulted in six areas of good practice, four recommendations and 26 requirements.