PERFORMANCE: Norovirus has affected a number of wards at West Suffolk Foundation Trust in January and February, creating a knock on effect on A&E waiting times.
The trust has as additional 25 beds open, however this has not prevented an increase in waits in A&E, board members was told.
Although the trust achieved the 95 per cent standard for a 4 hour wait, the longest waiter was close to 10 hours.
February 2012
A whistleblower’s four year legal challenge cost the NHS nearly £700,000, it has emerged.
A London teaching trust has appointed a consultant to run the heart surgery service that, in June, it faced losing altogether.
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West Suffolk Foundation Trust has joined the elite band of just 14 NHS providers rated outstanding by the Care Quality Commission.
WORKFORCE: One in five shifts at West Suffolk Foundation Trust did not have enough nurses during January, trust board papers show.
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