THE Care Quality Commission (CQC) is inviting people in Sunderland to tell its inspectors what they think of their health services.
Their views and experiences will help inspectors decide what to look at when they inspect City Hospitals Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust and local GP practices.
City Hospitals Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust is among the first to be inspected and given an overall rating under radical changes which have been introduced by CQC.
The formal inspection of City Hospitals Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust will start on Tuesday, September 16.
CQC inspectors will also begin their inspection of local GP practices shortly, and to enable inspectors to glean as much information as possible the commission will be encouraging local people to share their views on local services.
To ensure the views of the local community are properly heard, the inspectors will be holding a listening event at 6.30pm on Tuesday September 16 at Sunderland Football Club, The Stadium of Light, Sunderland.
People are being encouraged to attend this event to find out more about the inspection process, to tell the team about their experiences of care and to say where they would like to see improvements made in the future.
Professor Sir Mike Richards, chief inspector of hospitals at the CQC, said: “This is your opportunity to tell me and my team what you think, and make a difference to NHS services in the local area.”
The trust and GP practices will be one of the first to be given one of the following ratings: outstanding, good, requiring improvement, or inadequate.
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