A Nottinghamshire NHS trust has been told to improve by a health watchdog following an inspection. Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, which provides integrated healthcare services across the county, remains rated as 'requires improvement' after the Care Quality Commission (CQC) visited earlier this year.
The report, published today (Friday, November 25), raised concerns with shared sleeping accommodation, of which 80 patients were using. "Whilst the bed areas were separated by curtains, this didn’t promote people’s wellbeing, privacy or dignity," said Jenny Wilkes, CQC head of hospital inspection.
"This issue was raised with the trust in 2019 and they had set deadlines to get rid of these areas, but this was delayed due to refurbishment elsewhere and still hadn’t been done." Inspectors found long stay rehabilitation mental health adult wards had not been well maintained, pointing out that showers at Thorneywood Mount had not worked properly for almost two years.
