While the Dorchester hospital was rated good in the latest inspection, the key question as to whether urgent and emergency services were safe was rated again as “requires improvement”. <\/p>\n
However, the service was no longer in breach of regulations relating to safe staffing, premises and equipment.<\/p>\n
Under the remaining questions of effective, responsive, caring and well-led, the service was rated as “good”.<\/p>\n
Inspectors found:<\/p>\n
The emergency department was getting better at providing rapid interventions for people with sepsis<\/p>\n
Leaders ensured care was inclusive and accessible<\/p>\n
Staff and leaders followed risk assessments to ensure the most vulnerable patients were not cared for in corridor spaces<\/p>\n
There was a risk of CPR being given to patients who had not consented<\/p>\n
Leaders did not ensure there was always enough staff on shift in the emergency department, so staff often went without breaks<\/p>\n
Staff in medical care treated people as individuals and supported them “remarkably well” with specific needs<\/p>\n
Old and frail people were spending less time in hospital<\/p>\n
The trust had improved treatment for people who had suffered a stroke, scoring above the national average<\/p>\n
Campbell said: “While some of these challenges will be addressed by the new emergency department the trust is building, it’s essential leaders keep people safe until these new facilities are open.”<\/p>\n
She cited “challenges posed by the aged building” and a department “operating way beyond its intended capacity”. <\/p>\n
This resulted in people waiting longer, and the routine use of corridor spaces, she said.<\/p>\n
DCH Chief Medical Officer Rachel Wharton said: “Our teams work incredibly hard in challenging circumstances to manage rising demand and provide the very best care they can to our patients and their families. <\/p>\n
“It’s heartening to see that this has been recognised by inspectors.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"While the Dorchester hospital was rated good in the latest inspection, the key question as to whether urgent…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":667622,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[102,2960,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-667621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-healthcare","tag-health","tag-healthcare","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/667621","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=667621"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/667621\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/667622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=667621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=667621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=667621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}