A children's nursery on the Manchester Royal Infirmary site has been accused of putting children at risk in a recent report by government watchdog Ofsted. The First Steps Day Nursery, which is on the Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT) Oxford Road campus, has been rated Inadequate.
It comes after inspectors reported that staff place blankets under the heads and near the faces of babies while they sleep, posing a risk of suffocation. Inspectors also accused leaders of being 'too lax' in their monitoring of the nursery resulting in a 'catalogue of failings' which negatively impacts children.
The NHS trust which runs the nursery described the Ofsted rating as 'disappointing', and said it was a 'snapshot from three months ago' and they have already made improvements. Inspectors who visited on June 24, says standards at the nursery had 'significantly declined' since the last inspection in October 2016.
