Older patients at St George's Hospital are treated with dignity and given adequate nutrition, according to a new report.

However, the Care Quality Commission (CQC), which last week savaged a number of hospitals for the way it treated the elderly, did raise worries that nutritional needs were not always being met at the Tooting hospital.

The report’s authors found the "essential standard" was being met in relation to treating older patients with respect, and involving them in discussions about their care, treatment and service delivery.

The Dignity and Nutrition for Older People report concluded food and drink provided to patients met individual dietary needs but suggested some improvements be made.

CQC inspectors found five cases among a sample of care records where fluid and food charts were either not being completed fully or were not in place.

The report said: "In two cases the nutritional assessment recorded that the patients were not considered at risk and no further action had been taken. However, in both cases we found that other areas of their care notes indicated they were at nutritional risk.

"Neither person had been referred to the dietitian. One person who had been admitted to hospital three days before our visit had not had their nutritional needs assessed."

A spokeswoman for St George's Healthcare NHS Trust said: "We are pleased that the CQC has judged that St George’s Hospital meets the essential standards relating to dignity and nutrition for older people but we are also aware that we must not become complacent.

"We are committed to making sure that all St George’s Healthcare patients are treated with the utmost dignity and respect, and have developed and implemented an action plan for the areas that the CQC has suggested we make improvements to so that we can maintain the standards we have achieved."

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