Hospital trust must 'immediately improve' services

A hospital trust has been told to "immediately improve" its maternity and surgical services.

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) made unannounced inspections in September and October at four of the hospitals run by University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust.

Inspectors raised concerns about staff shortages, skills training and risk management.

At the trust's four maternity services, inspectors found departments "did not have enough staff to keep women and babies safe" and staff were "not up to date" with training.

Infection prevention measures in surgical services at the Royal Sussex County Hospital were "not consistently applied" and managers were not running services well, inspectors noted.

The report also said morale was low and often staff "did not have time to report incidents".

The trust said it has taken "urgent action" to make improvements.

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Source: BBC News, 10 December 2021