Scotland’s 2009 Hospital Check Up Report
Inspectors have highlighted a range of good practice, following a visit to Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary.
The Healthcare Environment Inspectorate’s report – its third since the independent body was established earlier this year – also identified a number of areas for improvement.
NHS Dumfries and Galloway has put in place an action plan to address the issues raised, which mainly relate to cleanliness of specific items and improving infection control measures.
Health Secretary Nicola Sturgeon said:
“To tackle hospital infections we must have the highest possible standards of cleanliness in our hospitals as well as effective infection control policies which are followed at all times.
“The Healthcare Environment Inspectorate is putting health boards under unprecedented scrutiny to ensure that the high standards which patients have the right to expect are achieved.
“Where boards fall short, urgent measures are put in place to deliver improvements.
“While the Dumfries and Galloway inspection found some areas that required improvement, it also found many examples of good practice. The challenge for all involved is to tackle the areas of concern while continuing to build on those areas where performance is already good.
“Only by continually striving for improvement, and with stringtent scrutiny from the inspectorate, can we be sure that Scotland has the consistently high standard of hospitals which we all want.”
The Healthcare Environment Inspectorate operates independently of the Scottish Government and the NHS Boards it inspects. It carries out both planned and unannounced inspections of hospitals. For administrative purposes it is based within NHS Quality Improvement Scotland.
Topics: 2009, action paln, clean, cleanliness, good practice, Governance, health care, healthy, hsopital, Infection, sanitary, Scotland
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