involve Issue 12 Summer 2012 - Surrey and Borders Partnership ...

Learning disability inpatient services
compliant says national report
A national report has declared three of
our inpatient services compliant with the
Care Quality Commission’s (CQC) essential
standards of quality and safety.
The CQC, which regulates health and social care
in England, performed unannounced inspections
between February and May this year, looking
at two standards: ‘Care and Welfare’ and
‘Safeguarding Adults from
Abuse’.
The services they inspected
were Farmfield in Charlwood,
Fairmead in Staines and
Oaklands in Caterham. No
concerns were reported at Oaklands. One minor
concern was noted at Farmfield and two minor
concerns reported at Fairmead.
Jo Young, director of quality and nursing, said: “I
am delighted that all our services were declared
compliant and that Oaklands in particular was
given a completely clean bill of health - putting it
in the top 24% of units in the country. We have
already taken action to address the minor concerns
and I would like to congratulate the three teams
for their continued hard work and achievements.”
The inspections were ordered across the country
after a BBC Panorama investigation found
residents at Winterbourne View, a private hospital
near Bristol, were being subjected to beatings.
Nationally just over half of
all 145 services inspected
were found to be compliant.
The inspectors had either
moderate or major concerns
at all of the remaining services
they visited and concluded
that these failings left vulnerable people at risk of
abuse or neglect.
The CQC found that NHS locations were twice
as likely to be compliant as private hospitals,
with 33% of independent providers meeting the
standards compared with 68% of those run by the
state.
Governor Focus
Name: David Muir
Constituency: People
Who Use Services,
Learning Disabilities
Why did you want
to be a Governor?
To try and help
people who use
learning disability
services
What areas of Trust business interest you
the most?
I am interested in day care for people with learning
disabilities and improving services for people
How do you think Governors can help bring
about quality improvements?
By ensuring that the Trust makes information
accessible for everyone, and by listening to
members and making others aware of what needs
to improve.
What do you hope to achieve as a Governor?
Making our voices heard so that things can
improve for people who use services. I am also
very keen on getting more people with a learning
disability to become members of the Foundation
Trust.
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