Gloucestershire Health & Care NHS Foundation Trust retains its good rating, following an inspection by Care Quality Commission (CQC).
Inspectors visited the trust in April and May. This is the first full inspection to take place since The 2gether NHS Foundation Trust and Gloucestershire Care Services NHS Trust merged to form Gloucestershire Health & Care NHS Foundation Trust in October 2019.
Inspectors looked at two mental health core services and five community health core services:
- Acute wards for adults of working age and psychiatric intensive care units (PICUs)
- Wards for people with a learning disability or autism
- Community health services for adults
- Community health services for children and young people
- Community health inpatient services
- Community end of life care
- Sexual health.
Inspectors also looked specifically at the trust management and leadership to answer the key question: Is the trust well-led?
Following the inspection, the trust retains its good rating. Effective, caring, responsive and well-led remain good and safe remains requires improvement.
Karen Bennett-Wilson, CQC head of inspection, said:
“It was clear during our inspection that the leadership of Gloucestershire Health & Care NHS Foundation Trust have worked to ensure the trust is continuing to uphold a good standard of care and treatment. Staff are working hard to provide support and care with dignity and compassion, despite the challenges of a trust merger and coming through a national pandemic.
“There are some areas where improvements could be made and the trust were aware before we even highlighted those areas for development. However, this is a very good report and I want to congratulate the trust for sustaining the level of care they have,
“We look forward to returning, to see how they’ve been able to build on this foundation.”