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Annual Report and Accounts - The Great Western Hospital

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6.5 Care Quality Commission (CQC) Inspections<br />

<strong>The</strong>re have been a total of 9 external inspections by the CQC <strong>and</strong> a schedule of work has been<br />

developed to monitor progress with the action plans arising following each inspection.<br />

Following 8 of those inspections (noting the ninth inspection happening in mid May, the outcome of<br />

which is awaited), a CQC judgement of not fully compliant for the following three outcomes at <strong>Great</strong><br />

<strong>Western</strong> <strong>Hospital</strong> site has been made:<br />

• Outcome 1 Respecting <strong>and</strong> Involving people who use services<br />

In April 2011, the Trust was judged as none compliant with Outcome 1 due to its inability to<br />

demonstrate the provision of adequate <strong>and</strong> consistent patient privacy <strong>and</strong> dignity. An action<br />

plan was developed <strong>and</strong> completed by September 2011. In December 2011 a follow up<br />

inspection by the CQC deemed the trust as compliant with some improvement actions.<br />

• Outcome 4 ( Care & Welfare of people who use services<br />

On December 8 th 2011, the CQC specialist inspection for <strong>The</strong>atres judged the site as non<br />

compliant due to inconsistency of WHO checklist completion.<br />

Completion of action plan <strong>and</strong> subsequent regular internal audits <strong>and</strong> inspections for<br />

assurance has provided clear evidence of compliance <strong>and</strong> the Trust has declared<br />

compliance with Outcomes four as from 30 th April 2012 with the CQC.<br />

• Outcome 5 ( Meeting nutritional needs)<br />

On December 8 th 2011, the CQC inspectors focussed on hydration <strong>and</strong> after finding 3<br />

incomplete fluid charts on one ward, judged the site as non compliant.<br />

Completion of action plans, a hydration strategy internal review, Productive Ward<br />

improvements <strong>and</strong> subsequent weekly internal audits <strong>and</strong> inspections has provided clear<br />

evidence of compliance <strong>and</strong> the Trust has declared compliance with Outcomes five as from<br />

30 th April 2012 with the CQC.<br />

Other External Reviews<br />

A dynamic database system has been created to enable tracking of all external reviews <strong>and</strong><br />

inspections. This system enables the Trust to track progress, actions <strong>and</strong> compliance status <strong>and</strong> is<br />

reported to the Patient Safety <strong>and</strong> Quality Committee.<br />

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