- Patient records must accurately
reflect the care and treatment for each patient in line with good
practice.
The Chief Inspector of
Hospitals, Professor Sir Mike Richards, said:
“Oxford University
Hospitals NHS Trust is one of the largest acute teaching trusts in the country.
It is clear from our inspection that the trust has its focus where it should
be, on quality and safety, with the overall aim of improving patient outcomes
and care and we have found a lot of good practice on our
inspection.
“While we have found that
all four hospitals provide safe and effective services, we know that the trust
has long-held problems in recruiting and retaining nurses and healthcare
assistants. There are high vacancy rates in the surgical wards and theatres,
leading to the cancellation of operations and long waiting times in
places.
At the same time, the trust is
running at high capacity, at levels which can start to affect the quality of
care and the orderly running of the hospital.
“The trust is well aware
of these issues. It has shown itself to be innovative in seeking solutions to
longstanding problems - for instance in its efforts to improve the support for
people leaving hospital. It will take the same sort of determination to resolve
the staffing shortages, which is undoubtedly the biggest issue facing the trust
and which does need to be addressed as a priority.”
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Notes to
editors
The Chief Inspector of
Hospitals, Professor Sir Mike Richards, is leading significantly larger
inspection teams than before, headed up by clinical and other experts including
trained members of the public. By the end of 2015, CQC will have inspected all
acute NHS Trusts in the country with its new inspection model. Whenever CQC
inspects it will always ask the following five questions of every service: Is
it safe? Is it effective? Is it caring? Is it responsive to people’s
needs? Is it well-led?
This report describes our
judgement of the overall quality of care provided by this trust. It is based on
a combination of what we found when we inspected, information from our
‘Intelligent Monitoring’ system, and information given to us from
patients, the public and other organisations
The Care Quality Commission has
already presented its findings to a local Quality Summit, including NHS
commissioners, providers, regulators and other public bodies. The purpose of
the Quality Summit is to develop a plan of action and recommendations based on
the inspection team’s findings