31 August 2011

Patient environment improves at city centre hospitals

University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust (UH Bristol) has received 'good' and 'excellent' scores in this year's PEAT (Patient Environment Action Team) assessments, carried out by the National Patient Safety Agency. The number of 'excellent' scores has increased since last year.

PEAT inspections were established in 2000 to assess NHS hospitals. Under the programme, every inpatient NHS healthcare facility in England with more than ten beds is assessed annually and given a rating of excellent, good, acceptable, poor or unacceptable. The teams consist of NHS staff, including nurses, matrons, doctors, catering and domestic service managers, executive and non-executive directors, dieticians and estates directors. They also include patients, patient representatives and members of the public.

This year's PEAT scores for UH Bristol are: 

Site	Environment score	Food score	Privacy and Dignity
BRI	Good	Good	Good
BRHC	Good	Excellent	Good
BHOC	Good	Excellent	Excellent
BEH	Good	Excellent	Excellent
St MH	Good	Excellent	Good
BGH	Good	Excellent	Excellent

 

Alison Moon, Chief Nurse, said: "I am delighted that our work in these areas has been recognised. The patient environment, food and privacy and dignity can have a profound effect on patients' stay in hospital and it is very encouraging to see that we improve year on year."

"Despite our good results there is no room for complacency and we are working hard to continue to improve in all of these areas. We recently declared compliance with guidelines for same sex accommodation in hospitals, which will help to further safeguard patients' privacy and dignity when they are at their most vulnerable. Our £80 million refurbishment of the Bristol Royal Infirmary will also help us to improve the patient environment and will increase our number of single rooms."

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