CQC find further improvements at Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Published: 3 October 2018 Page last updated: 3 October 2018
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The Care Quality Commission has found further improvements Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

A team of CQC inspectors visited the trust during June and July 2018 to check four of the trusts ten mental health services and three of its community services. CQC also looked specifically at management and leadership to answer the key question: Is the trust well led?

Previously, the trust was rated Good for being safe, effective caring, responsive to people’s needs and well led.  As a result of this inspection, the trust is now rated as Outstanding for being well led and Good for being safe, effective, caring and responsive to people’s needs.

The full report is available at: www.cqc.org.uk/provider/RWX

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