Medical centres for the Armed Forces provide ‘poor and unsafe’ services and are plagued by vermin

Medical centres for the Armed Forces provide ‘poor and unsafe’ services and are plagued by vermin, health inspectors find

  • Damning Car Quality Commission report said patients are ‘at risk’ at centres
  • Run-down health practices on Army, RAF and Navy bases are ‘unsafe’ service 
  • Some 40 per cent of centres were ‘inadequate’ or ‘require improvement’

Medical centres used by the Armed Forces provide ‘poor and unsafe’ services to soldiers and their families – and are plagued by ‘vermin infestations’, health inspectors found.

A damning Care Quality Commission report said some run-down health practices on Army, RAF and Navy bases put patients ‘at risk’. Inspectors found that 40 per cent of medical centres were either ‘inadequate’ or ‘require improvement’.

The report said: ‘There are pockets of poor practice where improvements have not been delivered.’ It added that some centres suffered staffing problems and could not safeguard the most vulnerable patients, including children.

A damning Care Quality Commission report said some run-down health practices on Army, RAF and Navy bases put patients ‘at risk’ (file image)

‘Inadequate’ services were found at Northwood and Woolwich in London, Bovington in Dorset and Boulmer in Northumberland. On infrastructure, the report highlighted a ‘history of vermin infestations’.

Just over half of the 25 medical centres targeted by the CQC were ranked as good, with 8 per cent ‘outstanding’.

The Ministry of Defence said: ‘We are taking urgent action to tackle some of the issues identified and have already resolved reported infestations.’ 

¿Inadequate¿ services were found at Northwood and Woolwich in London, Bovington in Dorset and Boulmer in Northumberland (file image)

‘Inadequate’ services were found at Northwood and Woolwich in London, Bovington in Dorset and Boulmer in Northumberland (file image)

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