The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has again rated services for children and young people at Tameside General Hospital, at Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust, as good, following an inspection in January.
Tameside General Hospital is an acute general hospital in Ashton-under-Lyne, England and is managed by Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust.
The services for children and young people at Tameside General Hospital include a dedicated children and young people’s emergency department and paediatric outpatient department, a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) and a children’s unit (that includes paediatric day surgery and an observation and assessment area). The hospital also provides children’s community nursing services.
The inspection was carried out in response to concerns received about serious incidents within the service. Inspectors didn’t find any areas where children and young people were being placed at risk of harm.
Following the inspection, the overall rating for the service, as well as the areas of safe, caring, responsive, effective and well-led are rated as good again.
The overall rating for Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust remains as good.
Inspectors found:
- Staff considered children and young people’s specific needs, wishes and preferences in their care plans.
- The service had processes to support young people with long-term conditions such as epilepsy, asthma and diabetes when transitioning to adulthood.
- Children and young people were cared for by kind, supportive and respectful staff.
- Recruitment processes enabled equal opportunities and leaders engaged with staff routinely to maintain an inclusive work environment.
- Staff were aware of how to escalate key risks that could affect people’s safety, such as staffing and bed capacity issues and there was daily involvement by ward managers, clinical leads and matrons to address these risks.
- The service had a strong focus on meeting the needs of the diverse population, particularly for children and young people with additional needs and disabilities.
- Staff worked collaboratively with local and regional partners to support and improve people’s access to children and young people’s services.
- Children and young people’s cultural and social needs were understood and met. Most staff had completed autism awareness training and equality, diversity and human rights training.
The report will be published on CQC’s website in the next few days.