hospital safely delivered ambrose by forceps and episiotomy. but he soon developed jaundice, necessitating a hospital stay. three days of which philippa spent in the same place sheets she d given birth on. the cleaner had come round to mop the floor and had heard me previously asking for clean sheets, and had seen the midwife run off and not come back. she said, have they not changed your sheets yet? she said, i ve had enough of this, and she went and got a midwife, said to the midwife, she s still in dirty sheets. she s changing her baby on bloody sheets. get her a clean bed. to many families are having a poor experience in east camden, according to the care quality commission. inspectors found multiple examples of inadequate practices, staff routinely in some areas didn t wash their hands after treating patients. life saving equipment wasn t in the right areas, posing a high risk of delay and emergency treatment, and staff didn t have the skills or experience
last year the kirkup review found that 45 babies might have survived if they d received better care at the hospitals in margate and ashford but a new inspection by the care quality commission found significant problems at both units. our social affairs correspondent michael buchanan reports. there have been maternity problems at the east kent hospitals trust for almost a decade. today s report shows care is getting worse. following an unannounced inspection injanuary to the william harvey hospital in ashford, the care quality commission found multiple examples of inadequate practices. staff didn t always wash their hands or wear gloves or aprons between different patients. life saving equipment wasn t what it should be or regularly cleaned and checked. there weren t enough staff, either doctors or midwives. those that were there didn t have the right skills or experience to treat patients. we ve learned that inspectors were so concerned about the quality of care that they wrote to nhs
hospital in kent. our social affairs correspondent, michael buchanan, has this special report. there have been maternity problems at the east kent hospitals trust for almost a decade. today s report shows care is getting worse. following an unannounced inspection injanuary to the william harvey hospital in ashford, the care quality commission found multiple examples of inadequate practices. staff didn t always wash their hands or wear gloves or aprons between different patients. life saving equipment wasn t what it should be or regularly cleaned and checked. there weren t enough staff, either doctors or midwives. those that were there didn t have the right skills or experience to treat patients. we ve learned that inspectors were so concerned about the quality of care that they wrote to nhs england, asking them to draw up contingency plans in case they had to close inpatient maternity facilities.
if they d received better care at the hospitals in margate and ashford but a new inspection by the care quality commission found significant problems at both units. our social affairs correspondent michael buchanan reports. there have been maternity problems at the east kent hospitals trust for almost a decade. today s report shows care is getting worse. following an unannounced inspection injanuary to the william harvey hospital in ashford, the care quality commission found multiple examples of inadequate practices. staff didn t always wash their hands or wear gloves or aprons between different patients. life saving equipment wasn t what it should be or regularly cleaned and checked. there weren t enough staff, either doctors or midwives. those that were there didn t have the right skills or experience to treat patients. we ve learned that inspectors were so concerned about the quality of care that they wrote to nhs england, asking them to draw up contingency plans in case they had to
three days of which philippa spent in the same place sheets she d given birth on. the cleaner had come round to mop the floor and had heard me previously asking for clean sheets, and had seen the midwife run off and not come back. she said had they not changed your sheets yet? she said i ve had enough of this and she went and got a midwife, said to the midwife, she is still in dirty sheets. she s changing her baby on plenty sheets. she s changing her baby on bloody sheets. get her a clean bed. to many families are having a poor experience in east camden, according to the care quality commission. inspectors found multiple examples of inadequate practices, staff routinely in some areas didn t wash their hands after treating patients. life saving equipment wasn t in the right areas, posing a high risk of delay and emergency treatment, and staff didn t have the skills or experience to keep women safe. we have learned that inspectors were so concerned about the quality of care that they w