A HOSPITAL trust has cause for celebration after it retained its 'good' overall Care Quality Commission (CQC) rating.
East Lancashire Hospitals Trust received ‘good’ in the safe, effective, caring and well-led domains following the CQC inspection visits in summer 2018.
The team of 32 CQC inspectors said care was delivered throughout the trust in line with national guidelines, staff across the trust were open and honest and there was a culture of reporting incidents if staff had concerns.
Watchdogs also said the trust invested in new buildings and technology to improve the quality of services for patients.
Trust chief executive Kevin McGee said the trust was proud of its latest achievement:
He said: “We are delighted to have maintained our ‘good’ CQC rating.
"This is the second consecutive time the trust has received the positive assessment.
"It’s good news for the trust, good news for our staff and good news for our community."
Meanwhile the East Lancashire Child and Adolescent Service (based at Burnley General Teaching Hospital) and the trust's community end of life nursing have both been awarded the highest possible CQC accolade of 'outstanding'.
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