The Bath and North East Somerset Clinical Commissioning Group (BaNES CCG) has welcomed the Care Quality Commission’s rating of care at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust as outstanding.
The CQC assessed nine core services across the Trust against five domains: safe, effective, caring, responsive and well-led, during its routine inspection in March 2016.
Dr Ian Orpen, a local GP and Clinical Chair of NHS Bath and North East Somerset Clinical Commissioning Group (BaNES CCG) said: “The CCG welcomes yesterday’s CQC report on the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust.
“Although the trust was rated overall as ‘requires improvement’, local people will not be surprised to hear that the standard of caring is ‘outstanding’.
“This would simply not be possible without the hard working hospital staff who continue to go the extra mile for patients despite the pressures they are under.
“Our local health and care system is well aware of the challenges we face to reduce waiting times and improve patient flow when the demand on our services is increasing all the time.
“The CCG will continue to work closely with the RUH and our many other partners, each of us doing our bit to contribute to a high quality health and care service for our population.”
