West Hertfordshire trust ordered to improve after inspectors uncover problems including chronic lack of nurses and untrained staff assessing patients
An NHS hospital trust has been achieve into special measures after inspectors found serious failings in the safety and quality of its care for patients, including untrained receptionists assessing how seriously unwell unusual arrivals at A&E were. West Hertfordshire Hospitals trust became the latest trust to be ordered to make big improvements after the Care Quality Commission watchdog rated its services overall as “inadequate”. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com