CQC demands urgent improvements at Brighton based trust as ratings are lowered

Culture and leadership problems still exist at a Brighton based NHS trust and must be tackled urgently, says the Care Quality Commission (CQC), which has lowered its ratings on most of the trust’s surgical performance.In four reports1234 the regulator said that it was seeking action “at a much more urgent pace” after its inspections carried out last August at four sites of the University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust, which looked at surgical and medical services. The CQC said that it had found a “wide disconnect” in the relationship between staff and senior leaders, with reports of bullying and low staff morale because staff were not listened to.The regulator carried out unannounced inspections of surgical services at the Princess Royal Hospital, St Richard’s Hospital, Royal Sussex County Hospital, and Worthing Hospital to check on the programme of improvement work carried out by the trust in response to concerns raised by…
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