02.08.13
Clinicenta hospital licence suspended by CQC
A private hospital in Stevenage is being taken over by the local NHS after patient safety fears. Lister Surgicentre will now be run by East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust.
Originally run by Clinicenta, the centre provides routine head and neck surgery, orthopaedics, gynaecology and eye services. A CQC inspection led to the suspension of its licence, which began last month.
The transfer will take place over the next few weeks, and will not disturb services, the NHS Central Eastern Commissioning Support Unit (CSU) has stated.
Local MP Stephen McPartland told The Independent: “A whole host of serious failings led to the Care Quality Commission beginning proceedings to suspend Clinicenta-Carillion's licence to operate at the Surgicentre because of serious concerns for patients' safety.”
He added: “I am delighted that the Lister Surgicentre will now be managed by the Lister Hospital which is a centre of clinical excellence. We can now begin the job of rebuilding trust and this facility with state of the art equipment can be managed properly inside our NHS, where it should have been from day one.”
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