SOUTHAMPTON NHS treatment centre has been rated ‘outstanding’.

Inspectors who visited the surgery and outpatient facilities in Brintons Terrace last September praised the staff and said the centre was well-led.

Health bosses welcomed the news and said the treatment centre in Southampton is the only hospital in Hampshire to be rated ‘outstanding’ overall by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

The hospital has 19 beds and provides NHS and self-pay treatment across a range of areas, including major and minor orthopaedics, ear nose and throat, eye surgery, dental surgery and general surgery. The recent overall rating of outstanding, incorporated a ‘good’ rating for criteria which covers the safety, effectiveness and responsiveness of services, and ‘outstanding’ for that which covers caring and well-led services.

Its overall rating is an improvement on its previous one of ‘good’.

Nigel Acheson, CQC’s deputy chief inspector of hospitals, said: “There is a very high standard of care at the Southampton Treatment Centre, and the ‘outstanding’ rating is well deserved. Staff were found to go the extra mile and care and support exceeded patient expectations. Comments from people and their relatives at Southampton Treatment Centre were fulsome of the hospital’s caring leadership and staff – one person said staff could not be better and felt we should rate them ‘ten out of ten’ and that there ‘is nothing they would not do for you’.”

Inspectors found that the leadership teams were compassionate, inclusive and effective at all levels. They also said there was a commitment to best practice performance and the management of risk.

Peter Harris, hospital director at Southampton NHS Treatment Centre, said: “The CQC’s rating demonstrates that NHS patients in our region are able to choose one of the very best hospitals in the country when they need elective surgery.

“We’re proud that we continue to develop and expand as a key centre of excellence for local communities and for NHS commissioners.”

The centre is run by Care UK.