Watchdog finds Hereford patients still at risk of poor care
Hospital patients in Hereford are still at risk from poor care, a health watchdog has found.
Care Quality Commission (CQC) carried out a surprise inspection at the city's County Hospital in October and found a number of issues.
rust was issued with a warning notice in 2019 and retains a CQC rating of requiring improvement. 
Wye Valley Trust has said it is, "addressing the issues that need to be tackled".
Issues inspectors found included:
However, employees demonstrated good knowledge of safeguarding principles and the hospital's team knew how to identify adults and children at risk of significant harm.
CQC found surgical services had improved from inadequate to requires improvement for being safe and well-led. 
"On our return to The County Hospital, we found insufficient improvements had been made and people were still at risk from poor care, said Amanda Lyndon, CQC head of inspection.
"The biggest issue we found was that assessments weren't being carried out effectively and this was putting people's safety at risk."
Jane Ives, Wye Valley Trust managing director, said: "We look forward to welcoming back the inspectors in the future to capture our further improvement work." 
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