Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken following the Care Quality Commission's rating of the Ivetsy Bank Hospital as inadequate in March 2023.

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) changed the overall rating of Ivetsey Bank Hospital in Stafford from requires improvement to inadequate following a focused inspection of the hospital in November following patient safety concerns being raised. CQC have kept the hospital in its special measures process, which means it will be closely monitored and re-inspected to assess whether improvements have been made to keep people safe.