George eliot hospital nhs trust

Concerns that Nuneaton's hospital is "n the throes of a takeover" have been quickly allayed. It follows news that Russell Hardy has become the new chairman at the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust.  He is already the chairman of the two other hospitals in the Foundation Group of which the Eliot is a member – South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust (SWFT) and Wye Valley NHS Trust. This means that the Eliot's chairman and the hospital's chief executive, Glen Burley, both hold key positions in all three Trusts. David Carr, chairman of the George Eliot Hospital's Patients Forum, aired concerns about the Eliot being taken over at a public board meeting. "A couple of people have mentioned to me that with Glen as the CEO, you now as the chair, both from SWFT, there is a little concern that we here at the George are in the throes of a takeover, if you like, by SWFT," he said. "Can you assure people here, in the north of the county, that the George Eliot is here to stay as an … [Read more...] about Takeover fears at Nuneaton’s hospital dismissed

More work needs to be done at Nuneaton's hospital which still 'requires improvement' according to health inspectors. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) says that despite taking some action, the George Eliot Hospital remains in the 'requires improvement' rating. In what was second CQC inspection in less than two years, the CQC says that there remain concerns in several areas including staffing levels in accident and emergency care. Improvements are also needed in terms of meeting waiting targets for surgical care, mandatory training for medical care staff as well as blood transfusion and sepsis training. The trust is now rated as 'requires improvement' for being well-led, where it was previously rated 'Inadequate' for whether its services were well-led.  The trust has retained a 'good' rating for whether its services are caring, and is rated as 'requires improvement' for whether its services are safe, effective and responsive. What the CQC said Professor Ted Baker, CQC … [Read more...] about Hospital still “requires improvement” say health inspectors

Desperate action is being taken to help stroke patients who need care at Nuneaton’s George Eliot Hospital. By its own admission the hospital needs to ‘pull out all of the stops’ to make much-needed improvements to the service. It was only on three occasions last year that the ‘Eliot met government standards of 80 per cent of people who are admitted to hospital following a stroke spending 90 per cent of their time on a dedicated stroke unit. In November, 38.46 per cent of patients spent 90 per cent of their time on the stroke unit and in December the figure stood at 52.94 per cent. With this in mind, the hospital has now protected, or ‘ring fenced’ as it is known, two beds in the stroke unit so that patients can receive care there immediately. Watch: How to recognise the symptoms of a stroke Andrew Kent, interim director of operations, said: “We have ring-fenced capacity in the stroke unit so the patient gets there, at the first time, in the … [Read more...] about Hospital needs to ‘pull out the stops’ to improve stroke care