Good care at Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh trust

The Care Quality Commission has found improvements and good care at Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust.

The Chief Inspector of Hospitals has recorded improvements in the safety of services being provided by the trust since a comprehensive inspection that was undertaken in 2015. As a result, the trust’s overall safety rating has improved from Requires Improvement to Good.

However, inspectors found three breaches of regulation in maternity, saying the trust must improve in ensuring all outcomes and learning from serious incidents and complaints are embedded into clinical practice in a timely manner, and that the trust must ensure that the administration of diamorphine administered on the ward, is in line with guidelines and, when administered, women and babies have adequate monitoring.

Ellen Armistead, Deputy Chief Inspector of Hospitals, said: "We had previously found, Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh were providing caring and effective services to their community. At this inspection, we also found improvements in safety across the services we inspected which is good news for the people using them.

"We saw a trust that recognised and managed incidents well, understood how to protect patients from abuse, and ensured systems and processes supported the delivery of safe care. It was good to see improvements, or care remaining good, across most of the core services we inspected, and assures us that the trust has been able to sustain positive change.

"Although there has been some trust wide progress, maternity services are rated as Requires Improvement and inspectors found some breaches in regulation at this inspection. CQC have been very clear with the trust on the need to improve and will return in due course to check on their progress."