Trust's Maternity Care 'exemplary', Say Inspectors

A infirmary spot has seen "widespread improvements" successful its maternity and emergency attraction aft being told to amended by inspectors.

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) carried retired unannounced visits to cheque connected improvements it told nan University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust to make previously.

Inspectors visited maternity services astatine Furness General Hospital, Westmorland General Hospital and Royal Lancaster Infirmary, and urgent and emergency services astatine Furness General Hospital and Lancaster Royal Infirmary.

All maternity services were rated "good" pinch unit providing "exemplary care", going "above and beyond to guarantee women and their babies were good cared for", they said.

In maternity services, inspectors said women were fixed nan opportunity to speak to unit astatine Royal Lancaster Infirmary astir their birthing experience, particularly if nan acquisition was not what they had wanted aliases expected.

Leaders had made betterment for group who had had a changeable to guarantee they sewage entree to curen quicker.

But immoderate A&E waiting areas were not considered suitable and group sometimes knowledgeable delays being seen by specialists.

There were besides understaffing issues successful nan paediatric portion of A&E, inspectors found.

Maternity unit astatine Westmorland General Hospital actively listened to accusation astir women who were astir apt to acquisition inequality successful attraction outcomes and supported their treatment, nan CQC said.

People attending A&E astatine Furness General Hospital scored supra mean successful nan nationalist diligent study for really unit communicated pinch group and really they were treated pinch dignity and respect.

Chris Storton, CQC lawman head of operations successful nan north-west of England, said: "We were encouraged to spot wide improvements crossed maternity care.

"We saw unit providing exemplary attraction who went supra and beyond to guarantee women and their babies were good cared for.

"Leaders and unit should consciousness proud of nan changes they've made and nan affirmative effect these changes person had connected group utilizing services."

The wide spot standing remains arsenic requires improvement.