Swindon & Marlborough NHS Trust

Healthcare Commission - General Statement of Compliance 2008

The Swindon and Marlborough NHS Trust Board, having undertaken an internal review of systems and performance in relation to the Core Standards for Better Health for the 12 month period from 1st April 2007 to 31st March 2008, considers its performance to be compliant with no significant lapses identified.

The information within the report summarises the detailed assessments of each of the individual standards. The HCC Inspection Guides have directly influenced this work. The work has been reviewed by the Clinical Governance Committee to ensure that it is an accurate and contemporaneous assessment.

Following representation to the Swindon Borough Council and Wiltshire County Council Overview and Scrutiny Committees (OSCs) and the Great Western Hospital Patient and Public Involvement Forum, we have received commentary from them on our performance. These are detailed and positive.

Declaration of Compliance 2007

Swindon & Marlborough NHS Trust has assessed itself as compliant across the core and developmental standards for better health as required this year, including the provisions of the Code of Practice on Healthcare Associated Infections. The formal declaration submitted to the Healthcare Commission is attached below. It includes commentary from the Strategic Health Authority, the Great Western Patient and Public Involvement Forum and the Overview and Scrutiny Committees of Swindon Borough Council and Wiltshire County Council

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