- NHS hospital
Royal Surrey County Hospital
The overall rating for Royal Surrey County Hospital from our June 2020 inspection should have been outstanding. Due to an error in our calculation of the rating, it was showing as good until February 2024 when we corrected it.
Report from 24 April 2024 assessment
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Ratings
Our view of the service
Assessment was completed between 22 and 26 April 2024, the assessment was a combination of onsite observation and offsite interviews.
The hospitals children and young people’s inpatient services are located on Hascombe Ward. This is a dedicated inpatient service that provides a family-centred care facility with a dedicated multi-disciplinary team facilitating a 24-hour service for children and young people aged between 0 and 15. The ward includes 36 beds, a minor treatment room and a well-equipped playroom.
The Royal Surrey County Hospital is part of a shared care cancer site for children and teenagers with cancer. This unit is led by a dedicated nurse specialist and is a part of the regional cancer network.
The service also includes a Special Care Baby Care Unit with 12 special care cots providing intensive medical care for babies and newborn children. It is part of the Neonatal Network for Surrey and Sussex.
There was a dedicated children’s outpatient department that provided a service within the children’s unit and offered a range of general paediatric and specialist clinics.