Safety concerns persist at Hull Royal Infirmary, says watchdog

Safety concerns persist at Hull Royal Infirmary, according to the UK’s Care Quality Commission (CQC), which assessed the hospital run by Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH). In its latest report published on Friday, the regulator again rated the facility’s safety as inadequate and said overall improvement is still required. The CQC found continued breaches of legal requirements related to staffing, citing shortages of nurses and non-registered workers and issues around training. It also identified new breaches linked to governance, safe care and treatment, how complaints are handled, and compliance with the duty of candour, which requires openness with service users. Inspectors reviewed a sample of medical wards and units in November and said the service was not consistently meeting standards for safe, high-quality, well-governed care. Humber Health Partnership (HHP), which runs the trust, accepted key areas needing attention and said it was investing more than £2m in additional nursing posts and improving its complaints process. The CQC said it will continue monitoring progress.