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| Portsmouth hospital 'fed patients pills in ice cream' | Portsmouth hospital 'fed patients pills in ice cream' |
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| Hospital staff secretly fed pills to patients by hiding them in their meals and in ice cream, the health watchdog has found. | Hospital staff secretly fed pills to patients by hiding them in their meals and in ice cream, the health watchdog has found. |
| Queen Alexandra Hospital in Portsmouth has been given a formal warning by the Care Quality Commission over its "very poor care". | Queen Alexandra Hospital in Portsmouth has been given a formal warning by the Care Quality Commission over its "very poor care". |
| In a separate incident, inspectors had to intervene and help a choking patient when two staff members failed to act. | In a separate incident, inspectors had to intervene and help a choking patient when two staff members failed to act. |
| The hospital said it was confident it would be able to improve. | The hospital said it was confident it would be able to improve. |
| Inspectors, who visited in February, rated medical care at the hospital as "inadequate". | Inspectors, who visited in February, rated medical care at the hospital as "inadequate". |
| They saw one patient being fed antibiotics in ice cream "covertly without the patient's knowledge". | |
| Two others had medicines secretly mixed with their meals, with no records to support the practice, which is against medical guidelines. | |
| The CQC report raised concerns about two babies being sent home despite having "bruising of unknown origin". | The CQC report raised concerns about two babies being sent home despite having "bruising of unknown origin". |
| During their visit, inspectors learned of two mental health patients absconding from a unit which treated vulnerable teenagers alongside suicidal adults. | During their visit, inspectors learned of two mental health patients absconding from a unit which treated vulnerable teenagers alongside suicidal adults. |
| The CQC said previous problems with ambulances queuing to deliver patients had improved thanks to a new "rapid assessment process" in the emergency department. | The CQC said previous problems with ambulances queuing to deliver patients had improved thanks to a new "rapid assessment process" in the emergency department. |
| Safety in urgent and emergency care was rated "inadequate" while the service overall "required improvement", the report said. | Safety in urgent and emergency care was rated "inadequate" while the service overall "required improvement", the report said. |
| The CQC's chief inspector of hospitals, Prof Ted Baker, said: "The quality of care on the medical wards was very poor - especially for the most vulnerable patients." | The CQC's chief inspector of hospitals, Prof Ted Baker, said: "The quality of care on the medical wards was very poor - especially for the most vulnerable patients." |
| He said a follow-up inspection in May revealed the Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust had failed to deal with the inspectors' concerns. | He said a follow-up inspection in May revealed the Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust had failed to deal with the inspectors' concerns. |
| The CQC has ordered the trust to send weekly progress reports and warned further enforcement action may be necessary to protect patients. | The CQC has ordered the trust to send weekly progress reports and warned further enforcement action may be necessary to protect patients. |
| In February, the CQC reported "sustained improvements" in A&E, which it had previously described as "chaotic". | In February, the CQC reported "sustained improvements" in A&E, which it had previously described as "chaotic". |
| Trust chief executive, Mark Cubbon, said: "The report makes for difficult reading and we have fallen short in some key areas, but I am confident that we can and will do better." | Trust chief executive, Mark Cubbon, said: "The report makes for difficult reading and we have fallen short in some key areas, but I am confident that we can and will do better." |