The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has published its report following an inspection of Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.





The unannounced visits carried out in November and December 2017 focused on acute and community services at the Trust.



The report gives an overall rating and individual ratings for a number of services. The Trust received a Good or Outstanding rating for the vast majority of core services included in the report and received a Good or Outstanding rating for ‘caring’ in all our services.



This was the first time the Trust's community health services for adults, community health services for children and young people, sexual health services and specialist community mental health services for children and young people had been inspected by the CQC and we are delighted to see that the inspectors rated those services as Outstanding and Good.



Inspectors found examples of outstanding practice in community services for adults, community health services for children and young people, dental health, sexual health services and surgery.



Inspectors undertook a well-led review in December and rated the Trust as Good reporting that that the organisation is well-led with an experienced leadership team with the skills, abilities and commitment to provide high quality services. There have been a significant number of improvements since the Trust underwent its last comprehensive inspection in 2014:



Surgical services improved to Good overall.
Medical care including older people's care improved to Good overall.
Urgent and emergency care services maintained their rating of Requires Improvement.