Western Isles Hospital – mental health safe delivery of care inspection report: June 2026
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Document Type
Inspection reports
Mental health units
Summary
We carried out an unannounced mental health services inspection to Western Isles Hospital, NHS Western Isles on Tuesday 17 February 2026 using our safe delivery of care inspection methodology. We inspected the following areas:
- Acute Psychiatric Unit
During our inspection, we:
- inspected the ward and hospital environment
- observed staff practice and interactions with patients, such as during patient mealtimes
- spoke with patients, visitors and ward staff, and
- accessed patients’ health records, monitoring reports, policies and procedures.
Our findings
This inspection resulted in two areas of good practice and 17 requirements.