Background to this inspection
Updated
19 May 2020
The hospital provides care and treatment to adults which included general and orthopaedic surgery, gastroenterology, urology, gynaecology, eye surgery and pain services. There are three operating theatres and two of these have laminar flow (a system of circulating filtered air to reduce the risk of airborne contamination).
The hospital has one ward and is registered to provide the following regulated activities:
Updated
19 May 2020
The Berkshire Independent Hospital is operated by Ramsay Health Care UK Operations Limited . The hospital opened in 1993. It is a private hospital in Reading Berkshire. The hospital primarily serves the communities of Berkshire and the surrounding areas. The hospital also accepts patient referrals from outside this area. The hospital treated insured patients, those who were self-funded and NHS patients commissioned by East Berkshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West Commissioning groups.
The hospital has had a registered manager in post since December 2018. A registered manager is a person who has registered with the Care Quality Commission (CQC) to manage a service. Like registered providers, they are ‘registered persons’. Registered persons have a legal responsibility for meeting the requirements of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 and associated regulations about how a service is managed.
Medical care (including older people’s care)
Updated
19 May 2020
Medical care services were a small proportion of hospital activity. The main service was Surgery. Where arrangements were the same, we have reported findings in the main service section.
We rated this service as good because it was safe, effective, caring, responsive and well led.
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19 May 2020
Diagnostic imaging services were a small proportion of hospital activity. The main service was Surgery. Where arrangements were the same, we have reported findings in the main service section.
We rated this service as good because it was safe, caring and responsive and well led. We currently do not rate effective for diagnostic imaging services.
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19 May 2020
Outpatient care services were a small proportion of hospital activity. The main service was Surgery. Where arrangements were the same, we have reported findings in the main service section.
We rated this service as good because it was safe, caring and responsive and well led. We currently do not rate effective for outpatient services.
Updated
19 May 2020
Surgery was the main activity of the hospital. Where our findings on surgery also apply to other services, we do not repeat the information but cross-refer to the surgery section.
Staffing was managed jointly with medical care.
We rated this service as good because it was safe, effective, caring, responsive and well-led.