A Hobart private hospital could face closure as a worst-case scenario if it fails to address quality and safety concerns set by the national accreditation body.
Following an independent accreditation survey conducted in July, the Calvary Hospital in Lenah Valley was found by to be non-compliant with a number of Australian Commission on Safety and Quality of Healthcare (ACSQH) criteria.
Calvary has not confirmed which safety and quality standards it has failed to meet, but the Australian and Nursing Midwifery Federation understands they relate to issues including medication management, and clinical handovers and processes.
In the same month the survey was taken, almost 390 patients of Calvary Lenah Valley Hospital who underwent a colonoscopy with the late doctor Hugh Jackson between November 2017 and May 2018 were advised to have a repeat procedure.
Following the survey, the hospital was given 90 days to address the issues, giving them a late-October deadline.
ACSQH Chief Operating Officer Mike Wallace said if the survey's recommendations were not acted on by the end of October, Calvary would be referred for sanctions to the regulator, which in Tasmania is the state Health Department.
"In the case of some small hospitals [nationally] that were unable to comply, they have been closed," Mr Wallace said.
The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation's Emily Shepherd said improvements could be made to processes to demonstrate that safe and quality care was being provided.
"From our members perspective, they are 110 per cent committed to provided safe and quality care, and they do that every single day," she said.
"I think that is where Calvary is looking to improve processes around demonstrating that with evidence."
Ms Shepherd said it was not unusual for recommendations to be made against a health service.
A spokeswoman for Calvary confirmed that the hospital had undergone a triennial accreditation survey.
"We were found to be non-compliant in a number of areas," she said.
"Calvary is complying with all the recommendations and will respond within the designated timeframe at the end of October 2018."
