A hospital trust has been rated as requiring improvement again after inspectors found that vulnerable patients could access “hazardous materials” for a second time. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) found cleaning products in unlocked ward cupboards at Southport and Formby Hospital during a 2017 inspection. The CQC found the same problem during inspections in July and August. The hospital’s trust said it was “human error” and staff had had more training. During the CQC visits to Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust’s sites, inspectors found there was a risk of patients accessing cleaning products on three wards. Concerns about the storage of … Continue reading Southport and Ormskirk NHS Trust chastised again over hazardous materials