: How
watchdog that shut down first privately run NHS hospital ignored 300-patient
survey backing it in favour of critical poll of just 17 people
The watchdog which branded the
first privately run NHS hospital as 'inadequate' ignored a large survey showing
patients were very happy with the care they received.
A damning report by the Care Quality
Commission last week gave Hinchingbrooke Hospital in Cambridgeshire the lowest
ever score for standards of care.
The report was particularly scathing of
Hinchingbrooke's A&E unit, with
inspectors saying that 16 out of the 17 patients they had spoken to were
unhappy with their treatment.
But new evidence has emerged showing the watchdog ignored its own much larger survey of nearly 300 patients carried out eight months earlier and published only last month.
This found patients gave it an average
score of 8.4 out of ten, rising to nine out of ten for the respect and dignity
patients were treated with.
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