CQC announce further hospital CQC visits

On the 24th October 13 the CQC announced that a further 19 NHS trusts will be inspected next year, starting from January 2014. These additional inspections will pull on larger, expert teams that include professional and clinical staff and members of the public who use care.

These NHS trusts are the first to be given one of the following ratings.

• Outstanding
• Good
• Requiring improvement
• Inadequate

How have these NHS trusts been chosen?

The CQC have selected the next 19 NHS trusts to inspect based on whether they:

• score highly in their intelligent monitoring tool.
• are a foundation trust applicant that Monitor have asked the CQC to look at.
• were inspected by Sir Bruce Keogh.

In addition the CQC have selected eight mental health trusts and community health services to help them test and develop models for the way they inspect and regulate those services.

Which trusts will be inspected?

• Aintree University Hospital NHS FT (North)

• Heatherwood and Wexham Park Hospitals NHS FT (South)
• Homerton University Hospital NHS FT (London)
• Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust (North)
• Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust (Central)
• Royal Berkshire NHS FT (South)
• University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust (Central)

• Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust (Band 2) (North)
• Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust (Band 3) (South)
• Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust (Band 3) (South)
• St George’s Healthcare NHS Trust (Band 6) (London)

• Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals NHS FT (Band 1) (Central)
• Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS FT (Band 2) (North)
• Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust (Band 1) (South)
• Dudley Group NHS FT (Band 4) (Central)

• East Kent Hospitals University NHS FT (Band 3) (South)
• Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust (Band 2) (London)
• Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS FT (Band 6) (Central)
• University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS FT (Band 5) (North)

Mental health trusts/community health services

• Bridgewater Community Healthcare NHS Trust – FT applicant (Community - North)
• Central Essex Community Services (Provider) – Social Enterprise (Community – Central)
• Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust – FT applicant (Mental Health - Central)
• Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Trust – FT applicant (Community - Central)
• Devon Partnership NHS Trust – FT applicant (Mental Health - South)
• Dudley and Walsall Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust, MH – FT applicant (Mental Health - Central)
• Solent NHS Trust – FT applicant (Combined - South)
• SW London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust – FT applicant (Mental Health – London)