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CQC finds some improvements at St George’s in Tooting
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has found some improvements at St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in Tooting, south west London.
Following a comprehensive inspection of the trust in June and July 2016, CQC issued a ‘warning notice’ to the trust highlighting breaches in regulations, related to: safe and fit premises at St George’s Hospital; obtaining consent under the Mental Capacity Act 2005; good governance; and the fit and the proper person requirement.
In the latest inspection in May 2017, inspectors checked whether the trust was meeting the requirements of the ‘warning notice’. CQC found that it had partially met the requirements.
The trust made significant improvements regarding mental capacity act assessments, best interest decisions, deprivation of liberty safeguards, and some elements of premises and equipment, medicines management and managing incidents.
However, the trust is required to make further improvements with regards to the fit and proper persons’ requirement, estates maintenance, accuracy of the referral to treatment data, and governance.
The trust must now ensure it has systems and processes that operate effectively in accordance with good governance.
It must strengthen governance and reporting arrangements, so as to provide CQC with increased oversight of Elective Care Recovery Programme delivery. It must continue to address the gaps in assurance with regards to estates maintenance, and it must ensure it meets the fit and proper person requirement regulation.
Ted Baker, England’s Chief Inspector of Hospitals, said: “It is encouraging that St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, has made some improvements since our comprehensive inspection of last year. However after our recent inspection in May 2017, it is clear there are still areas where the trust should improve.
“We will be working with the trust to ensure that improvements continue and I hope that this will lead to an overall improvement to its rating in due course.”
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