The Belvedere Private Hospital in Knee Hill, south east London, has been rated inadequate following a recent inspection by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
CQC inspectors carried out a focused inspection of the hospital in March to follow up on the progress made from an earlier inspection in October 2020 and to look into more recent concerns raised about the service.
The hospital provides cosmetic and plastic surgery. It has one operating theatre, eight beds and three consulting rooms.
CQC’s deputy chief inspector of hospitals, Nigel Acheson, said:
“We found little improvement at this inspection. The service was still not managing patient safety incidents well. There was a lack of evidence that the service protected patients from the risk of COVID-19 infections from staff who travelled internationally between places of work.
“Due to the current enforcement action in place, surgery cannot take place at The Belvedere Private Hospital until we are completely satisfied that it will be providing consistent safe, effective care for all of its patients.
“We will continue to monitor the hospital closely and if we do not see evidence of improvement, we will not hesitate to take to take further action on behalf of the people who use the services.”
Full details of the inspection are given in the report published on our website.
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