The Care Quality Commission has rated the services provided by Aintree University NHS Foundation Hospital as Good following an inspection in May and June.
At this latest inspection, the trust was rated Requires Improvement for safe and Good, for caring, effective, responsive and well-led. The trust has improved its overall to Good.
Medicine for older people increased its rating to Good, but surgery dropped its rating to Requires Improvement
Inspectors identified a number of areas of outstanding practice, including:
- The trust described their local geographical region as having had a knife crime epidemic. To this end the trust were working with external agencies to provide both education in venues such as schools and clubs and also to distribute bleeding control packs across the city
- The Department of Medicine for Older People and Stroke provides patients waiting for community placement or support at home with events and activities to enhance their well-being. Nursing teams had set up the programme and allowed patients to remember special events such as Remembrance Day, Valentine’s day, pancake Tuesday and many others.
- Clinicians from Aintree were leading on a falls campaign with other NHS and non NHS bodies, including a local Premier League football club. The aim was to prevent falls which account for 70% of the trauma admissions at the trust.
The report also includes the combined rating for Quality and Use of Resources - the performance of the trust taking into account the quality of services as well as the trust’s productivity and sustainability. The combined rating for Quality and Use of Resources for this trust was Good.
Full reports on each inspection are available at: www.cqc.org.uk/provider/REM
Professor Ted Baker, CQC Chief Inspector of Hospitals, said:
“I congratulate Aintree University NHS Foundation Hospital Trust on their latest report. It is clear that since October 2017 a lot of work has gone into improving services. Improving. The trust has done very well to increase its rating in four categories, I applaud the initiative the trust have taken to counter knife crime as I do the policies adopted to prevent falls which account for 70% of the trauma admissions at the trust.
“Managers across services promoted a positive culture that promoted and valued staff, creating a sense of common purpose based on shared values. The trust was aware there were still challenges and what action was required. Staff apologised when things went wrong.
“The trust know there are still things to be done, we will revisit the trust to check that appropriate action is being taken to improve the quality of care further.”
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