A private surgery in Scunthorpe which was previously rated ‘inadequate’ has now received a rating of ‘good’ by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) after staff made “significant improvements” to the service.
Located in Normanby Road, Meridian House – owned by Trent Cliffs Private Healthcare Limited – has now been rated ‘good’ in all areas following a recent visit by inspectors. It comes after “serious concerns” were raised following a previous visit in December last year.
An updated report published to the CQC website states that all environmental concerns raised previously have now been addressed, including the appropriate storing of medicines, and that improvements have been made to safeguarding training.
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The full CQC report reads: “At this inspection the registered manager responded positively to the concerns raised as part of the last inspection and suspension period. They have taken immediate actions and made significant improvements to the service. Incident reporting systems and process were robust and effective. Mandatory training was suitable for all staff and the service demonstrated that all staff were now compliant with no outstanding training requirements observed.
“Environmental and safety audits had been improved with appropriate oversight from management. We saw examples of these in practice and all were suitable and appropriate completed. The service had introduced a new RAG rated training matrix for safeguarding training to ensure that all staff completed the required level of training as determined by their role. We also saw improvements with in house safeguarding training. We saw that all appropriate risk assessments and policy were in place to reflect national guidance. We also noted that all policies had been recently reviewed.
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“All environmental concerns raised previously had been addressed or changes were still being implemented at the time of inspection. We observed all equipment including hazardous chemicals were stored appropriately and securely. We saw improvements in governance systems and process relating to safe recruitment of staff. We saw improvements in the management and storage of medicines including controlled medicines. We saw a newly implemented process to maintain this improvement.”
A spokesperson for Meridian House told Scunthorpe Live: “Following the immediate action taken, we have now received, and had published, both on the CQC Website and the Trent Cliffs Website the updated report that indicates that the hospital has been rated ‘Good’ for both domains.
“This is a fabulous improvement and testament to the attention, commitment and drive of the hospital to ensure that all our patients receive the highest quality, optimum care.
“Following the receipt of this report surgical activity has resumed and we have confirmation that a significant number of patients are looking to be treated at Trent Cliffs in the immediate future.”
Original artice: https://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/all-about/scunthorpe
