Stepping Hill Hospital

27th October 2020
Grading:
Grading Explained: Requires Improvement
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This inspection of the urgent and emergency services took place on August 24-25, 2020 as a follow-up to a warning notice issued in March. On this visit, the inspectors noted improvements across the key areas of nurse staffing levels, safeguarding training, governance systems and management of risk.

Areas for improvement still:

Reduce reliance on agency staff

Ensure every shift in the paediatric ED has two registered children’s nurses

Continue to embed the patient safety checklist into ED processes

Ensure role specific training is completed for appropriate staff with competency sign-off

Ensure the momentum of change is embedded in the department

Ensure all staff are fully engaged in departmental change.