CQC used wrong data for Orthopaedic Hospital inspection
An inspection on a hospital will need to be conducted again after a commission used entirely wrong data from another hospital to complete a report.
Inspectors from the Care Quality Commission arrived at the Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital in Gobowen, near Oswestry, in January to carry out an inspection.
Data was given to the CQC for the report, however when receiving a draft report hospital officials found discrepancies.
It was then revealed that data from a different hospital was used to compile the report.
The CQC has now issued an apology and said it will be returning for another full inspection.
A CQC spokesman said: "The CQC is going back to inspect at Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt NHS Foundation Trust.
"Following the initial inspection in January this year, the trust raised some concerns that resulted in a review of how the inspection was conducted.
"As a result we have decided to undertake the inspection again.
"We have apologised to the trust and will be undertaking a full review of the original inspection.”
A whole new inspection team will now return, but it is unknown when that will be.
It could be as far away as June 2019, however chief executive Mark Brandreth says he has already put his staff on high alert to be ready for an inspection at any time.
He said he appreciates the CQC's openness and apology, and looks forward to welcoming them back and showing the services they have at the hospital.
He said: "The Care Quality Commission visited us in January to inspect our services, and a reporting detailing that inspection was due to be published in the spring.
"However, on receiving a draft copy of the report, we identified an error in the data pack on which they had based their report.
"We notified the CQC of this error immediately and they have subsequently investigated and written to us promising to return and carry out a fresh inspection in the near future.
"We appreciate their openness and their apology.
"We look forward to welcoming the CQC inspectors back to RJAH soon, so we can demonstrate the exceptional levels of patient care we deliver."
