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 review of deaths at a trust with elevated mortality rates has suggested coding issues, and not care quality, as the likely cause, HSJ has been told.
RTT waiting times shot up in December as winter started to bite. In better news, one year waits continued to fall. By Rob Findlay
Children’s and young people’s services at a major acute trust have been rated “inadequate” after concerns from staff prompted the Care Quality Commission to carry out an unannounced inspection.
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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