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York Teaching Hospital told to make improvements
The Care Quality Commission has rated the services provided by York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust as Requires Improvement.
Following an inspection in June and July, focusing on Scarborough and Bridlington hospitals, the trust was rated Requires Improvement for safe and well-led and Good, for caring, effective and responsive. Since their last inspection in 2017, the trust rating has remained the same.
At Scarborough, safety was identified as inadequate in both the emergency department and medicine. The hospital must also ensure it has enough, suitably qualified, competent and experienced medical and nursing staff in its urgent and emergency care service at Scarborough hospital, to meet the RCEM recommendations, including enough staff who are able to treat children in an emergency care setting.
Simon Morritt, chief executive at the trust, said: “The efforts of staff shine through in this report, and every area without exception is rated as ‘Good’ for caring. It is pleasing to see that Scarborough’s maternity services, and Bridlington Hospital overall, have seen improvements since the last inspection and are now rated as good.
“Whilst there is much for staff to be proud of in this report, the CQC has also identified a number of areas for improvement. The areas highlighted by the CQC mirror our own priorities, and we are working hard to address them, both in the immediate and longer term. It is now widely acknowledged that small, rural hospitals have their own unique challenges, and we are actively working as part of a national network to help develop solutions for this.
“Our recruitment picture is improving, and we have longer-term plans for the site which include a £40 million investment in Scarborough’s emergency department to help transform how we assess and treat emergency patients.”
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