NHS hospitals are making mixed progress on ensuring staff are properly trained and have the specialist skills necessary to provide good quality care for children.
The Healthcare Commission has published a report detailing progress by 154 NHS acute trusts since it reviewed services for children in hospital in 2005/06.
The 2005/06 review showed that services were generally good when children were inpatients in specialist paediatric services. But there was a need for significant improvement in the care of children being treated in other settings.
This latest report focuses on emergency and day case settings, looking at the areas that the Commission had previously highlighted as particular concerns. Results for each trust across 19 indicators of performance are published alongside the report.
The Commission said that although some trusts had improved, overall progress was mixed.
Full report:
Improving services for children in hospital - Report of the follow-up to the 2005/06 review
