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| Health Secretary Nicola Sturgeon has demanded "urgent improvements" at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary. | Health Secretary Nicola Sturgeon has demanded "urgent improvements" at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary. |
| It follows a Healthcare Environment Inspectorate report highlighting issues needing to be addressed, including cleanliness and infection control. | It follows a Healthcare Environment Inspectorate report highlighting issues needing to be addressed, including cleanliness and infection control. |
| Ms Sturgeon said: "This report makes difficult reading. I am disappointed that so much room for improvement has been identified." | Ms Sturgeon said: "This report makes difficult reading. I am disappointed that so much room for improvement has been identified." |
| A follow-up inspection was said to already have found some progress. | A follow-up inspection was said to already have found some progress. |
| Inspectors had found patients who should be in isolation being treated in general wards, and stains and spillages that had not been cleaned up. | |
| Patient safety is at the core of our service, and remains the top priority for all our staff Richard CareyNHS Grampian chief executive | |
| They also found a lack of communication between management and ward staff about controlling infections. | |
| Ms Sturgeon said: "Some of what the inspectorate has found is simply unacceptable. However, the whole purpose of the inspectorate is to shine a light on areas of weakness and then ensure that improvements are made. | |
| "It is very welcome news that a follow-up unannounced inspection found that urgent action is already being taken and many concerns have already been addressed. | |
| "I now expect NHS Grampian to implement all the inspectorate's recommendations urgently and in full." | |
| Public reassurance | |
| NHS Grampian chief executive Richard Carey responded: "It is vitally important to this organisation that we learn from this inspection and act swiftly on its recommendations. | |
| "We will therefore work closely with the inspectorate in implementing their recommendations on improving our infection control measures, and report regularly to our board on progress. | |
| "The public will quite rightly seek reassurance that the hospital is as safe as possible. We intend to provide that reassurance not through words but by our actions, so that when next an inspection is carried out the inspectorate will report full compliance with their recommendations." | |
| He added: "Patient safety is at the core of our service, and remains the top priority for all our staff." |