Patient-on-patient assaults were found not to have been properly reported by staff at Rampton Hospital. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) made the finding during an an inspection of the secure Nottinghamshire psychiatric hospital last September.
A number of other concerns were identified in the report, released on Friday, February 24, however the health watchdog lifted its overall rating from 'inadequate' to 'requires improvement'. The CQC said it was pleased to see an improvement at the hospital -particularly in the culture and leadership - but said patients "still weren’t always receiving safe care or treatment".
Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (NHF), which runs the hospital, said it was "really pleased" with the improved rating and said it had put in place a quality improvement plan.
