UK inspectors to check hospitals

Jersey hospitals are to be inspected by UK health officials under new plans to be implement by a newly-appointed member of staff.

Jersey's Health and Social Services Department is introducing new guidelines which all its services will have to meet.

Rose Naylor has been appointed as Head of Governance to deal with the plans.

The Health Department says in many ways Jersey's standards are better than those in the UK.

However, it says it wants to continue to improve by cutting waiting times for patients, introducing better clinical standards and providing good value for money.

The guidelines will be checked by inspectors from the UK's Healthcare Commission.

The first inspection is expected to take place in two years time.