CQC identifies series of breaches at Penn Hospital, Wolverhampton
12:49 - 29/11/2010
CQC identifies series of breaches at ...
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has published a report highlighting a series of breaches in the essential standards of quality and safety by Wolverhampton City Primary Care Trust’s Penn Hospital.
The regulator is to review an action plan set out by the trust to demonstrate how they will address the 10 areas of concern detailed in the report. The action plan will determine the CQC’s next steps and inspectors will then return to the trust within the next few months to check that the necessary improvements have been made.
CQC Inspectors visited the hospital on two separate occasions in July to review services after Mental Health Act Commissioners raised concerns. They spoke to ward staff, visitors and service users and also observed practice, reviewed records and discussed concerns with the chief executive and the director of mental health services.
One of the main areas for concern was with the trust’s system for assessing and monitoring the quality of their own services in order to better manage the potential risks to patients. Overall, concerns centred on the care and welfare of people using the services, with improvements needed in areas including safeguarding, patient’s consent, management of medicines, site safety, training and record-keeping.
The trust remains under close review by the regulator, as Andrea Gordon, CQC West Midlands Regional Director, explains: “While we have recognised a range of concerns, we have chosen not to use our formal enforcement powers at this stage.
“[...] We want to support long-term improvements. Since our initial inspection we have continued to work collaboratively and remain in dialogue with the hospital and partners such as the West Midlands Strategic Health Authority.”
She also added that similar concerns had been noted on previous occasions and that addressing them must now become a priority for the trust.
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Charlotte Potter, First Response Training’s dedicated Head of Quality and Curriculum, who has a background in care, says: “Staff training is highlighted as an area of concern at the hospital and, if this failing is remedied, it can also help to improve the other remaining areas of concern. The quality of patient care can only be improved using a properly trained workforce who have the necessary knowledge and skills to drive standards up.
“A number of our care-sector courses address the areas identified in this report. For instance, we can offer training in the Mental Capacity Act and the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards, which could help the way in which staff at the hospital approach the issue of patient’s consent. We also offer a Safeguarding of Vulnerable Adults course and training in the Handling and Administration of Medicines. These courses can be externally accredited and could help to set any organisation which is struggling with these issues back onto the right path.”
For more information, please call First Response Training today on 0800 310 2300.
The regulator is to review an action plan set out by the trust to demonstrate how they will address the 10 areas of concern detailed in the report. The action plan will determine the CQC’s next steps and inspectors will then return to the trust within the next few months to check that the necessary improvements have been made.
CQC Inspectors visited the hospital on two separate occasions in July to review services after Mental Health Act Commissioners raised concerns. They spoke to ward staff, visitors and service users and also observed practice, reviewed records and discussed concerns with the chief executive and the director of mental health services.
One of the main areas for concern was with the trust’s system for assessing and monitoring the quality of their own services in order to better manage the potential risks to patients. Overall, concerns centred on the care and welfare of people using the services, with improvements needed in areas including safeguarding, patient’s consent, management of medicines, site safety, training and record-keeping.
The trust remains under close review by the regulator, as Andrea Gordon, CQC West Midlands Regional Director, explains: “While we have recognised a range of concerns, we have chosen not to use our formal enforcement powers at this stage.
“[...] We want to support long-term improvements. Since our initial inspection we have continued to work collaboratively and remain in dialogue with the hospital and partners such as the West Midlands Strategic Health Authority.”
She also added that similar concerns had been noted on previous occasions and that addressing them must now become a priority for the trust.
First Response Training can offer a diverse range of training courses for all settings within the health and social care sector.
Charlotte Potter, First Response Training’s dedicated Head of Quality and Curriculum, who has a background in care, says: “Staff training is highlighted as an area of concern at the hospital and, if this failing is remedied, it can also help to improve the other remaining areas of concern. The quality of patient care can only be improved using a properly trained workforce who have the necessary knowledge and skills to drive standards up.
“A number of our care-sector courses address the areas identified in this report. For instance, we can offer training in the Mental Capacity Act and the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards, which could help the way in which staff at the hospital approach the issue of patient’s consent. We also offer a Safeguarding of Vulnerable Adults course and training in the Handling and Administration of Medicines. These courses can be externally accredited and could help to set any organisation which is struggling with these issues back onto the right path.”
For more information, please call First Response Training today on 0800 310 2300.
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