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 long serving hospital chief executive has been dismissed following a disciplinary hearing, HSJ has learned.
Labour proposes amendments to Healthcare Safety Investigations Branch bill Shadow health secretary attacks Matt Hancock’s promotion of GP at Hand Jonathan Ashworth raises prospect of legally enforced staffing ratios Labour have threatened to table amendments to the government’s Healthcare Safety
More than half of the 29 proposed pathology networks comprising acute and specialist NHS trusts have yet to agree on a model to reconfigure their laboratory services, eight months after the initial deadline passed.
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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