Borders General Hospital
HAI Unannounced Inspection
Inspection Date: 12 December 2012
Borders General Hospital, Melrose, serves the Scottish
Borders region. It contains 273 staffed beds and has a full range
of healthcare specialties.
We previously inspected Borders General Hospital in December
2010. That inspection resulted in three requirements and three
recommendations. The inspection report is available on the
Healthcare Improvement Scotland website http://www.healthcareimprovementscotland.org/HEI.aspx.
We carried out an unannounced inspection to Borders General
Hospital on Wednesday 12 December 2012.
We assessed the hospital against the NHS Quality Improvement
Scotland (NHS QIS) healthcare associated infection (HAI) standards
and inspected the following areas:
- emergency department
- ward 4 (medical admissions unit)
- ward 6 (general medicine)
- ward 7 (general surgery)
- ward 9 (orthopaedic surgery)
- ward 10 (elderly assessment)
- ward 11/14 (stroke/palliative care), and
- ward 15 (medical paediatrics).
This report highlights areas of strengths as well as areas for
further improvement, including requirements and
recommendations.
The improvement action plan for this
inspection has now been removed from the HEI website, as the
inspection took place more than 16 weeks ago. Please contact
NHS Borders for further information on progress against this
action plan.
Published Date: 20 February 2013
