Download the report
http://www.cqc.org.uk/publications.cfm?fde_id=15807
In March 2009, the former regulator, the Healthcare Commission, reviewed the services provided at Birmingham Children’s Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. It found that the trust was struggling to cope with rising patient demands, resulting in delayed treatments, less than optimum care and patients being redirected to other services.
A new report published today shows that the trust has now made significant improvements in some areas of specialist care. It has:
- minimised patient waiting times
- purchased more specialist equipment
- recruited and trained additional staff
- created and improved management systems
- established clearer management structures
CQC will continue to monitor the trust to ensure that it implements further improvements in:
managing and admissions of beds patient demand, length of stay and capacity, specifically for children’s services and within operating theatres arrangements for out of hours periods working with local NHS bodies to provide the best possible specialist care for children Whilst the trust must continue to make improvements, it has not breached any standards of quality and safety.
Find out more:
Find out how we monitor essential standards of quality and safety
http://www.cqc.org.uk/aboutcqc/whatwedo/monitoringessentialstandardsofqualityandsafety.cfm
Read the press release
http://www.cqc.org.uk/newsandevents/pressreleases.cfm?cit_id=36311&FAArea1=customWidgets.content_view_1&usecache=false
Download the original review on Birmingham Children’s Hospital
http://www.cqc.org.uk/_db/_documents/Birmingham_Childrens_Hospital_NHS_Foundation_Trust_Summary_of_the_intervention.pdf
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