A hospital in the Bristol area has seen its rating improve to requiring improvement from inadequate on its latest inspection. However, the inspector raised several concerns including racist behaviours and discrimination against staff from ethnic minority backgrounds.
This comes after last year workers at University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Trust (UHBW) - which runs the BRI, Bristol Children’s Hospital and Weston General - told watchdogs from the Care Quality Commission (CQC) that managers had told them to use their ‘Western work names’ while on duty because their own are too hard to pronounce.
In an inspection report published today, the CQC has improved the overall rating at Weston Hospital from inadequate to requires improvement. It states on the report that the hospital has been rated as requires improvement for several reasons, including the design, maintenance and use of facilities, premises and equipment not always keeping people safe.
