Enter and View Visit to The Royal Stoke University Hospital Maternity Unit - 20 November 2023

Report - 10 April 2024

We organised a joint announced Enter & View visit to The Royal Stoke University Hospital Maternity Services with Healthwatch Staffordshire on 20 November 2023. Read all about our joint visit in this report which includes a background and our purpose for the visit, the methodology utilised, an outline of our findings and our recommendations.

The Care Quality Commission's (CQC) March 2023 inspection of the maternity services at University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust's (UHNM) The Royal Stoke University Hospital, the service's overall ratings moved from good to requires improvement. 

Article: CQC tells Royal Stoke University Hospital to make improvements in maternity services

Following this, we organised an announced visit on 20 November 2024 to the services jointly with Healthwatch Staffordshire. The teams spoke to a variety of staff, patients and visitors across different wards and units, as well as making general observations on the environment. 

Read about our findings and recommendations by downloading the report below.

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If you need this report in a different format, please email info@healthwatchstoke.co.uk or call 03303 130247.

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Healthwatch Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent joint Enter & View: The Royal Stoke University Hospital Maternity Unit - Report
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