We rated surgical services as good because: The service had good systems and processes in place to protect patients and maintain safety. Browser Support Staffing levels and skill mix had been planned and implemented at Huddersfield Royal Infirmary. There's no need for the service to take further action. All five domains were rated as good for these services. The trust had infection prevention and control policies, which were accessible, and used by staff. There was a limited approach to obtaining the views of people who used the service and other stakeholders. 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Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust is an integrated trust, which provides acute and community health services. Medical staffing numbers did not meet national guidance in the emergency departments across both sites. The trust serves two populations; Greater Huddersfield which has a population of 248,000 people and Calderdale with a population of 205,300 people. Since our last inspection, methods had been introduced to better understand and improve the culture within maternity services; these included anonymous staff surveys, workshops, and human factors masterclasses. The trust should ensure that children are seen in an appropriate environment by staff that are suitably skilled, qualified and experienced. We use cookies to let us know when you visit our websites, how you interact with us, to enrich your user experience, and to customize your relationship with our website. the service is performing badly and we've taken enforcement action against the provider of the service. If this service has not had a CQC inspection since it registered with us, our judgement may be based on our assessment of declarations and evidence supplied by the service. The Derelict Explorer takes us on an eerie trip down memory lane inside one of Huddersfield's oldest abandoned buildings. Since these providers may collect personal data like your IP address we allow you to block them here. We rated effective, responsive and well-led at this hospital as good. 01484 34 3472. We rated urgent an emergency care as good overall. Because these cookies are strictly necessary to deliver the website, refusing them will have impact how our site functions. The trust must review the model of care for the services provided on the paediatric assessment unit at Huddersfield Royal Infirmary. The trust had a nurse consultant for older people and a learning disabilities matron. Radiographer vacancies were higher; a recruitment plan was in place and fifteen staff had been recruited, due to start in the summer of 2016. At least one standard in this area was not being met when we inspected the service and You can also change some of your preferences. The trust must review the admission of critical care patients to theatre recovery when critical care beds are not available to ensure staff suitably skilled, qualified and experienced to care for these patients. Staff knowledge of the incident reporting process was good and incident-reporting processes were robust. Browser Support No action had been taken to check whether records were accurate or whether there was a fault with equipment. The trust had challenges due to national shortages in areas such as accident and emergency, an inspection looking at part of the service. he then went to ward 8 but on the 3rd day on there his health deteriorated rapidly. A proactive, positive and energised discharge coordination team together with an integrated MDT working to provide care to the patient in the most appropriate environment. 15 of 21. We rated safe, effective and well led as requires improvement and caring and responsive was rated as good. Special features available at the infirmary in 1929 included Turkish, Russian and medicated baths and a new electro-medical department. The review of the estate, quality of services and complaints included evidence gathered from across the trust as well as from the HRI location. Staff delivered evidence based care and overall patient outcomes recorded in local and national audit were good. Huddersfield It is situated in the suburb of Lindley and provides general services, emergency services and some specialist services. Get directions +44 1484 342000. cht.nhs.uk. The symptoms of liver disease are awful, and we want to help lessen the burden on patients and staff as much as we can. we have taken enforcement action. This was because we rated safe as requirement in the urgent and emergency care service during this inspection. Updated 15 August 2016. The new Ward 21 has separate wings for male and female patients and all the bathrooms have walk-in wet-rooms instead of baths to make access as easy as possible. Mandatory training compliance was high for medical and nursing staff and the number of staff with a post registration certificate in critical care had significant improved. If this service has not had a CQC inspection since it registered with us, our judgement may be based on our assessment of declarations and evidence supplied by the service. Each report covers findings for one service across multiple locations. We are also asking for donations for raffle prizes. 17:02, 11 OCT 2015 Official opening of the new Chemotherapy ward at HRI. visibility, This means that some features of Care Opinion won't work, We recommend you enable JavaScript in your browser and then. The trust must ensure that interpreting services are used appropriately and written information is available in other languages across all its community services. The trust must ensure all staff have completed mandatory training, role specific training and had an annual appraisal. About: Huddersfield Royal Infirmary. RECAP: The story so far. How did Catherine Cawood's daughter Becky die in Happy Valley? Managers promoted a positive culture that supported and valued staff, creating a sense of common purpose based on shared values. We made this visit to see what actions had been taken. 01484 34 2179. Information on general car parking at the Women's and Newborn Unit is available here. There were good completion rates for maternity specific training across the trust, and all maternity staff at Huddersfield Royal Infirmary had received an appraisal. We spoke with the Trusts Director of Planning Performance Estates & Facilities and they told us since our last visit attempts to recruit a permanent Chartered Engineer to support them had not been successful. There were occasions when women gave birth with too few midwifes present in Huddersfield birth centre; this went against trust protocol. Why wasnt she put in a side room? Good The service must ensure staff have an understanding of Gillick competence. This stayed the same as our previous rating. Suspended ratings are being reviewed by us and will be published soon. WF13 4HS, In The hospital has a six-bed midwifery-led birth centre for women considered low risk. we have taken enforcement action. Inspection Report published 1 February 2012 for Huddersfield Royal Infirmary - PDF - (opens in new window), Published We carried out an inspection of the trust between 8-11 March 2016 as part of our comprehensive inspection programme. The trust must continue to identify and learn from avoidable deaths and disseminate information throughout the divisions and the trust. Huddersfield Royal Infirmary (Occupation Rd.) The majority of staff (96%) had received an annual appraisal. Outpatient clinics were often overbooked and we found issues with capacity and demand in all OP clinics. 'Staff are now keeping me informed after my family spoke to the matron'. There was evidence of service planning to meet patient need such as the agreement for purchase of a third MRI scanner. we both want to say a big thank you to the ICU nurse on ward 8, thank goodness she was there, and to everyone else who helped my husband to regain his health. Your information helps us decide when, where and what to inspect. A number of urban explorers have also got inside to document the state of the building, most recently The Derelict Explorer, who has published these pictures of what he found. Acre Street, Lindley, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD3 3EA Accessibility Please see the AccessAble pages on Deli Marche at Bradford Royal Infirmary and accessible parking. The department had a website called EM Beds which was used as a repository for the standard operating processes (SOPs), patient pathways, policies and guidelines in use across both hospital sites. Complaints were not completed in a timely way and in line with the trust policy timescales. We rated the Huddersfield Royal Infirmary and Calderdale Royal Hospital as requires improvement and community services as good. This included care of patients living with dementia. The accident and emergency departments provision for paediatric patients was limited with only one paediatric qualified staff member on duty during our inspection across both sites and limited facilities available for children and young people.