NHS Improvement denies locum cap caused Lancashire A&E crisis

Emergency department

NHS Improvement was warned that the locum pay cap was putting services at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust at risk months before it was forced to downgrade one of its emergency departments, HSJ has learned.

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