Questionable Care standards at Basildon Hospital

Monitor, the Hospital's inspectors has found Basildon and Thurrock Hospital Trust to be in breach of their terms of authorisation as a Foundation Trust.

The Chairman, Mr Large agreed that "it is an extremely serious matter and we do not seek to underestimate its gravity.” But assures residents that that the safety and well-being of our patients is the Hospital's highest priority.

Monitor, has now decided to set up:
A monitoring team it squad to help turn the hospital around as inspectors found blood-splattered equipment and an unusually high death rate among patients.

Below is the extract of the Hospital's response:

STATEMENT IN RESPONSE TO MONITOR’S INTERVENTION
“That Monitor has found us to be in breach of our terms of authorisation as a
Foundation Trust is an extremely serious matter and we do not seek to
underestimate its gravity”, Trust Chairman, Michael Large said. “I want to
reassure our local community that the safety and well-being of our patients is
our highest priority.
“We welcome the fact that the regulator has recognised the progress we have
made in reducing the Dr Foster measure of mortality. Monitor also
acknowledge that we have an effective programme in place to make further
improvements.
“We welcome the opportunity to work with advisors to specifically focus on the
areas where we need to make rapid changes.
“The Trust has a clear strategy for improving patient safety and sets
ambitious improvement targets, reporting performance measures monthly.
We understand that Monitor needs to assure itself and the public that the
concerns that have led them to this intervention are not indicative of wider
problems. I am confident they are not. We have had expert independent
clinical advice and nothing has pointed to a fundamental problem with clinical
care. But we are not complacent and this further scrutiny of our leadership
and governance processes is another opportunity for us to prove ourselves.”