Care Quality Commission inspectors undertook an unannounced inspection of the Harlow hospital in February of this year. The focused inspection of the emergency department found staff were not following infection prevention and control policy or consistently wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) and the service was rated Inadequate. Inspectors added they were worried for patient safety due to a lack of suitable facilities for Covid-19 positive patients. At the time of inspection, the rate of infection in Harlow – expressed as the number of new cases per 100,000 people – was above 130. In response to the pandemic, the trust re-configured the emergency department, implementing ‘red’ and ‘amber’ areas; red areas for high risk Covid-19 patients and amber areas for patients not showing symptoms and those with negative Covid test results.
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The death of an elderly woman in a nursing home is being investigated by police.
The 82-year-old died at the Kenton Hall Nursing Home in Newcastle on 11 March, Northumbria Police said.
The home s owner, Solehawk, said a member of staff was suspended after it was found its procedures had not been followed.
An inspection the previous day gave the home a good safety rating but said it required improvement overall.
Solehawk said they are confident the woman s death is an isolated incident and all relevant information has been passed to the police. In the days following the sad death of a resident in March, the team at the care home discovered, through our normal checks, that our internal procedures had not been followed on one occasion, a spokesperson said.
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East of England Ambulance Service Trust in legal agreement to tackle sexual harassment
AN NHS trust has become the first in the UK to be forced to tackle its “high levels” of sexual harassment.
Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspectors said the East of England Ambulance Service Trust (EEAST) had not done enough to ensure staff and patients were protected from abuse.
The trust has had to sign a legally binding agreement with the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC).
EEAST said staff and patient safety was its “top priority”.
The EHRC said “no-one should feel unsafe or threatened at work”.