{"id":811962,"date":"2026-10-24T01:50:34","date_gmt":"2026-10-24T01:50:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/811962\/"},"modified":"2026-10-24T01:50:34","modified_gmt":"2026-10-24T01:50:34","slug":"improvements-still-needed-at-high-security-rampton-hospital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/811962\/","title":{"rendered":"Improvements still needed at high-security Rampton Hospital"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Inspectors identified seven breaches of regulations relating to staffing, safe care and treatment, dignity and respect, person-centred care, premises and overall management.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The CQC said patients also raised concerns for the welfare of staff. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Patients told us that they can see staff don&#8217;t get breaks, that staff don&#8217;t get a chance to go to the toilet or have food,&#8221; inspectors recorded. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The CQC downgraded the rating for how responsive Rampton was from &#8220;good&#8221; to &#8220;requires improvement&#8221;, how effective it was remained rated &#8220;good&#8221;, and how safe, caring and well-led it was remained rated &#8220;requires improvement&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Green said: &#8220;We had concerns about the way the service restricted people&#8217;s choices, recorded these restrictions, and shared rules in this area with people. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;The hospital also wasn&#8217;t consistently meeting the needs of autistic people and people with a learning disability, including not adapting ward environments to their sensory needs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;However, we saw staff who cared deeply about the people they support and some genuinely person-centred work, particularly in the women&#8217;s service.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The CQC said leaders were &#8220;open&#8221; about the challenges they faced and had made &#8220;some improvements&#8221;. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Mark Axcell, the chief executive of Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, said: &#8220;The safety, wellbeing and experience of our patients will always be our highest priority.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;We accept the CQC&#8217;s findings and recognise where need to do better. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;We are fully committed to addressing each area identified for improvement through a detailed action plan with clear accountability.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Axcell said since April, the organisation had appointed 19 staff nurses and 29 healthcare assistants and continued to recruit &#8220;every month&#8221;, and that it had &#8220;enhanced training&#8221; for colleagues in learning disabilities and autism.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">He added: &#8220;Whilst we know there is more work to do, I am confident that the positive changes already made provide a strong foundation for further progress. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;I want to reassure patients and their families that we are listening, learning and taking action to ensure we provide the safe, responsive and high-quality care they deserve.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Inspectors identified seven breaches of regulations relating to staffing, safe care and treatment, dignity and respect, person-centred care,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":811963,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[102,2960,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-811962","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\/811962","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=811962"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/811962\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/811963"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=811962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=811962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=811962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}