Time to listen In NHS hospitals Dignity and nutrition inspection programme 2012
This programme of themed inspections looked at the care provided to older patients at 50 NHS trust hospitals in England during 2012, focusing on dignity and nutrition. It followed a programme of inspections of 100 hospitals in the previous year looking at the same broad themes.
Comparing the results of the 2011 dignity and nutrition review with these latest findings, we were pleased to see that broadly more hospitals were meeting people’s nutritional needs. In 44 out of 50 hospitals (88%), patients were given a choice of food and drink to meet their nutritional needs and given help to eat and drink when they needed it. The corresponding figure in 2011 was 83%. On the other hand, there were fewer hospitals where we saw that patients were always treated with dignity and their privacy and independence respected. Out of 50 hospitals, 41 (82%) were meeting the standards for respecting patients’ privacy and dignity and involving them in decisions about their care. This compares with 88% of hospitals in the 2011 review. It is clearly unacceptable that this position, poor to begin with, has deteriorated further.
Overall we inspected the 50 hospitals against five standards: respecting and involving people, meeting their nutritional needs, safeguarding them from abuse, staffing, and records. We found that 33 hospitals were meeting all five standards. At the other end of the scale, three hospitals were meeting just two of the five standards, one hospital was meeting only one and one was not meeting any.
Of the nine hospitals we inspected in both 2011 and 2012, seven had either improved or were continuing to meet the standards. For the other two hospitals, we identified concerns in staffing levels in one and record keeping in another.
Published : 20th March 2013
Publisher : Care Quality Commission [ More From This Publisher ]
Rights : Care Quality Commission
This resource is not currently associated to any Issues
This resource is not currently associated to any Campaigns
Have Your Say
Members are able discuss this resource in the BASW Member Forum. Please login to allow this feature.
Continuous Professional Development
Members are able to add an entry to their CPD record here. Please login to allow this feature.
