The CQC visited the Trust's Specialist Treatment and Rehabilitation (STAR) Unit at Mossley Hill Hospital, Liverpool, which cares for adults with learning disabilities and additional complex needs, in October last year and makes its findings public today (8 February 2012). The Unit serves both the Liverpool and Sefton population.
The CQC found that the Trust was meeting all the essential standards of quality and safety. Its review of the STAR unit was part of a series of unannounced inspections of care homes and hospitals looking after people with learning disabilities to measure their experience of effective, safe and appropriate treatment, care and support.
Inspectors found that family members and carers thought the staff were excellent and noted that there was fun and laughter on the ward, and one to one attention and care. The staff were noted as being kind and supportive to patients and there was an excellent rapport between them. The CQC was satisfied that patients were effectively and safely cared for, and their wellbeing was promoted.
Mersey Care's Medical Director Dr David Fearnley said: "I would like to pay tribute to the staff of the STAR unit for their dedication to their patients. The people who stay on the STAR unit are with us for an average of 6 months and while they are here, they are assured of high levels of kindness, compassion and humanity as well as first class treatment and care."
Irene Byrne-Watts is the Service Director for Learning Disabilities in Mersey Care. She said: "Our patients are particularly vulnerable because of their limited communication ability as well as their health needs. At the STAR Unit, indeed throughout our services, we aim to ensure that people's human rights are respected and upheld, and their wellbeing is promoted.
"At Mersey Care, we see the person not the condition, and we meet the needs of that person. Relatives and carers, as well as patients themselves, are involved in care planning and we maintain good relationships with relatives and carers. Although working in the STAR unit is demanding, our staff are totally committed to their patients and this is borne out by the observations of the CQC."
STAR Unit's excellent staff support adults with learning disabilities
http://www.ldhealthnetwork.org.uk/docs/sta.doc
Full report:
http://www.cqc.org.uk/sites/default/files/media/reports/rw4_mersey_care_nhs_trust_rw438_mossley_hill_hopsital_ldr_20120130.pdf
Easy read version:
http://www.cqc.org.uk/sites/default/files/media/reports/rw4_mersey_care_nhs_trust_rw438_mossley_hill_hopsital_ldr_20120130_easy_read.pdf
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