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Isle of Wight NHS to enter special measures
The Isle of Wight NHS Trust is set to be put into special measures after the Care Quality Commission (CQC) found a ‘deterioration in safety and quality’.
The CQC highlighted low staff morale, unsafe mental health wards and ‘out of touch’ management in a leaked document reported by the BBC.
The news comes after the chief executive of the Isle of Wight NHS Trust resigned on Friday.
A draft letter written by the chief inspector of hospitals, Prof Sir Mike Richards, outlining the findings of its forthcoming report, rated the trust as ‘inadequate’ and said there had not been enough progress
made since the last CQC inspection in 2014.
Among the key findings staff were found to have breached regulations with staff failing to report incidents. The draft document also highlighted that patients' dignity was not protected, with male and female patients having to share the same bathrooms, and it found that in some cases, staff had not sought patients' consent for treatment or examination.
Commenting ahead of the forthcoming report, Dr Mark Pugh acting chief executive and medical director, said: “It would be inappropriate to comment on a draft report which has yet to be published. I do however want to reassure Islanders, patients and the public that we take these issues very seriously and on behalf of the trust I want to apologise for where there have been failings.
“Staff have been working hard to address the issues raised by the CQC since they were brought to our attention. Our focus is on providing safe quality care for patients, preparing for publication of the finalised report, which we hope will be soon, and developing an improvement plan which we hope everyone on the Island will support.”
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