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It seems incredible that a Trust found to be delivering such a poor standard of care could retain its Foundation status. The fact that it was not immediately stripped of this, speaks volumes.

Up and down the country Boards are obsessed with targets and balancing their books rather than the quality of care they deliver to patients. This is of what they are judged on by SHA's,DOH and ultimately their political masters. The values are set at the very top, and they are profoundly corrupt...and corrupting.
Yet even more worrying in a way, is that clinical staff seem to regard the poor care THEY deliver as acceptable. They are not acting as Professionals. If they were, there would be a torrent of letters and reports to Royal Colleges, Trust Boards, Regulators and the media, not the occasional 'whistleblower'. Mid Staffs for example probably employs several thousand doctors, nurses, physios etc.
'What did you do during the war daddy?'