Colchester Hospital University NHS Trust listening event for patients and voluntary and community groups

The Care Quality Commission CQC will be inspecting Colchester University Hospitals NHS Trust from the 15th of September.

As part of the Inspection the CQC are holding a listening event for patients and voluntary and community groups on:

Monday 7th September 2015, 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

at Colchester Town Hall, Town Hall High Street, Colchester, Essex, CO1 1PJ. Room: The Grand Jury & West Committee.

CQC welcome anyone who has an experience to share about treatment provided by this trusts and any of the services it provides* [please see below] to come along and talk to us about their experiences. share feedback on how improvements could be made and to find out how the inspections will be carried out.

There is no need to register to attend one of the listening events. They are informal and you are welcome to come and go as you please.

The meeting will open with a short introduction by the inspection team after which attendees can tell the inspectors about their experiences of care. There is also the opportunity to speak more privately if you prefer.

The CQC would like to give everyone the opportunity to share their experience. If you are unable to attend the listening event, whether you are an individual or a voluntary or community group, you can still send feedback or evidence about people’s care to hospitalinspections@cqc.org.uk 

Please put Cholchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust [Q2 inspections] in the title of the email to ensure it is passed to the right inspection team.  Or you can ring CQC on 03000 616161.

N.B * [Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust has two main sites: Colchester General Hospital and Essex County Hospital. They also provide some services - such as outpatient and maternity services - at the community hospitals in Clacton and Harwich (run by Anglian Community Enterprise , or ACE) and Halstead Hospital (run by Central Essex Community Services, or CECS)]