A nurse-led facility has been put into special measures. This comes after the CQC found that there were a number of issues that are in fact putting the health of patients at risk. Barnsley Hospice, in South Yorkshire have been given an inadequate rating because they did not meet the right standards when it comes to health and leadership. They were also found to not be responsive enough when it came to the needs of the community as a whole. They have come out to say that they do in fact have a brilliant team and that they are going to work together to try and tackle the issue. When they were inspected by the organisation in 2016, they got the rating of “good” across the board but if they do not improve their service offerings in the next 6 months then they do face the risk of being closed down. The report was published on Wednesday and this comes after a whistle-blower issue regarding problems at the site.

When inspectors were there, they found that staff did not have the right level of training when it came to key skills and they also had a very poor level of management too. Staff were not able to develop their skills as they should have been able to. Those who work in homecare and in private nursing also have to make sure that they meet the right expectations, but at the end of the day, it would seem that more needs to be done in this particular instance.

Nurses have worked with a large team of doctors when it comes to completing tasks and these should have all been jobs that they should have been able to do. They were not able to though, because of the issues at-hand.