A HEALTH watchdog has told Oxford hospital chiefs to review the way risks are identified by staff and flagged to bosses.
Inspectors from the Care Quality Commission praised the “experienced leadership” at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, but said that information was “rarely [used] for improvement”.
The inspection – ordered in November last year – followed concerns around Maternity Services at the John Radcliffe Hospital and the inpatients’ ward at the Oxford Centre for Enablement.
Following the inspection, the CQC said that the trust must:
- Review the process by which risks in the maternity wards and urgent and emergency wards are identified. Risks must be identified and escalated to bosses in a “timely” way.
- Governance…
