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Inspectors tell trust to improve the medical care services at Weston Hospital
Inspectors from health watchdog The Care Quality Commission (CQC) have told trust leaders to improve medical care services at Weston General Hospital.
The CQC has published a new report today (Wednesday) following a focused inspection of the medical care services at the hospital, which is used by many people from across Weston and the Burnham-On-Sea area.
CQC inspected the medical care services department at Weston General Hospital to look at how safe and well-led it was, in response to concerns raised about nursing and medical staffing. As this was a focused inspection, no ratings were given.
The health watchdog will continue to monitor the service to ensure these are implemented.
Deirdre Fowler, chief nurse at UHBW, said the trust accepts there are areas in medical care it needs to improve and is fully committed to making the ‘necessary improvements.’
She confirmed the hospital has faced staffing issues for many years, but said it has already made progress by recruiting a new cohort of nurses, who are due to start in the next six months.
She said: “While we expect to reduce our vacancies from current levels, we are block booking temporary staff in the meantime so that the same professionals provide continuity of care.
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