NHS Trust still failing to comply with all essential standards
14:59 - 17/02/2011
NHS Trust still failing to comply wit...
Problems continue to plague Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust after the Care Quality Commission (CQC) announced that they needed to improve further to comply with all essential standards of quality and safety.
The CQC carried out a review of the trust in December 2010, during which they identified problems with nursing care planning and assessment and discharge practices. The regulator also noted that many key risk assessments were missing for patients, as well as a number of other areas that required action. These issues have all been raised with the Trust before.
Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has been monitored by the CQC for some time. When the regulator introduced their new registration system on 1st April 2010, they registered the Trust but with conditions relating to four standards of quality and safety. All of the conditions have since been lifted, but the CQC has now said that it will take out enforcement action if further improvements are not made.
Despite significant improvements in several areas over the last year, the CQC have said that the Trust needs to take immediate action to improve staff understanding relating to the care and treatment of elderly people with dementia. They have also demanded that certain risk management processes are improved and that steps are taken to ensure that patient’s nutritional needs are identified and met and that all equipment undergoes safety checks. Further improvements in relation to six essential standards are also suggested.
CQC Regional Director Frances Carey said: “Despite having all of its registration conditions lifted, the trust has not yet achieved full compliance across standards. We have made repeated visits to the trust and each time we have had to impose at least one new compliance action. The trust needs to ensure that it sustains improvement across the board. By law, providers of health care services have a legal responsibility to make sure they are meeting the essential standards of quality and safety.”
Darren Emery, Business Development Director at First Response Training, says: “Training is one of the most effective ways for healthcare providers to ensure that they are meeting national standards and providing safe and high quality care for patients. The essential standards of quality and safety relate to issues such as safeguarding, consent, assessment, supervision and support. First Response can offer courses that address each of these themes, including other areas of concern mentioned here, such as dementia awareness and nutrition.
“The trainers who deliver our care sector courses all have an occupational background in their field of delivery. Many have a healthcare background or who have previously worked in adult social care settings. Our courses are mapped to CQC requirements and are designed to help you to improve the standard of care that you provide.”
For more information on any of their care sector training courses, please call First Response Training today on 0800 310 2300 or e-mail info@firstresponsetraining.com.
The CQC carried out a review of the trust in December 2010, during which they identified problems with nursing care planning and assessment and discharge practices. The regulator also noted that many key risk assessments were missing for patients, as well as a number of other areas that required action. These issues have all been raised with the Trust before.
Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has been monitored by the CQC for some time. When the regulator introduced their new registration system on 1st April 2010, they registered the Trust but with conditions relating to four standards of quality and safety. All of the conditions have since been lifted, but the CQC has now said that it will take out enforcement action if further improvements are not made.
Despite significant improvements in several areas over the last year, the CQC have said that the Trust needs to take immediate action to improve staff understanding relating to the care and treatment of elderly people with dementia. They have also demanded that certain risk management processes are improved and that steps are taken to ensure that patient’s nutritional needs are identified and met and that all equipment undergoes safety checks. Further improvements in relation to six essential standards are also suggested.
CQC Regional Director Frances Carey said: “Despite having all of its registration conditions lifted, the trust has not yet achieved full compliance across standards. We have made repeated visits to the trust and each time we have had to impose at least one new compliance action. The trust needs to ensure that it sustains improvement across the board. By law, providers of health care services have a legal responsibility to make sure they are meeting the essential standards of quality and safety.”
Darren Emery, Business Development Director at First Response Training, says: “Training is one of the most effective ways for healthcare providers to ensure that they are meeting national standards and providing safe and high quality care for patients. The essential standards of quality and safety relate to issues such as safeguarding, consent, assessment, supervision and support. First Response can offer courses that address each of these themes, including other areas of concern mentioned here, such as dementia awareness and nutrition.
“The trainers who deliver our care sector courses all have an occupational background in their field of delivery. Many have a healthcare background or who have previously worked in adult social care settings. Our courses are mapped to CQC requirements and are designed to help you to improve the standard of care that you provide.”
For more information on any of their care sector training courses, please call First Response Training today on 0800 310 2300 or e-mail info@firstresponsetraining.com.
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