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Jun 2021
Maternity services at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals rated ‘inadequate’
Immediate action is being taken after services at the Jessop Wing maternity unit were downgraded from “outstanding” to “inadequate”, following a Care Quality Commission inspection, the report of which said the maternity unit did not provide “the standard of care women should be able to expect”.
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust said it had “wasted no time” in addressing the issues that had been raised.
CQC inspectors visited two postnatal wards, the labour ward, antenatal ward, admission triage area and the advanced obstetric care unit, also speaking to staff and observing the providing care and treating patients.
Sarah Dronsfield, the regulator’s head of hospital inspection, said “Our findings were such that the ratings for maternity services across the trust have moved from outstanding to inadequate.
“Due to the concerns we found that needed addressing as a priority, we have imposed urgent conditions on the trust’s registration which require immediate action in order to make sure people receive the care they are entitled to.”
Kirsten Major, chief executive of the trust, said “I want to assure women coming into the Jessop Wing to have their babies that our maternity teams work incredibly hard every day to ensure their care is always the number one priority and whilst we are exceptionally disappointed with the findings of the CQC report, we welcome the external scrutiny and have wasted no time in responding to the actions which have been identified as necessary.”
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