Stafford Hospital A&E:
No night service until May
27 January 2012
Health bosses have said that Stafford Hospital's accident and emergency (A&E) night time services will be closed until May at the earliest. READ MORE BBC NEWS
Closure costs hospital £1M
26/01/2012
STAFFORD Hospital has lost £1m in income since its emergency department was closed, ...
According to the latest figures available,
754 patients had gone to other hospitals for urgent treatment during the night up to January 10.
Of those, 138 were seen at Burton’s Queen’s Hospital; 210 went to New Cross Hospital in Wolverhampton; 230 to University Hospital of North Staffordshire and
176 to Walsall Manor.
But the hospital is being hampered in its efforts to recruit middle grade doctors one of the criteria for
re-opening - by a national shortage.
Stafford Hospital reports increase in serious incidents
17 January 2012
The number of serious mistakes reported by staff at Stafford Hospital has continued to rise.
...
Chief executive of the hospital trust Lyn Hill-Tout said the rise was partly due to improved reporting procedures.
In the last financial year, covering 2010-11, staff at the hospital reported 29 serious mistakes.
'Appalling standards'
"We want to create a culture where we encourage staff to report serious and untoward incidents so we can action them and learn from them," she said.
"Some of the definitions around serious incidents have also been changed and it's quite right we should be reporting more."
... The public inquiry, which closed in December, was set up after a report by the Healthcare Commission criticised "appalling standards" of care at the hospital.
Its chairman Robert Francis QC is expected to publish his findings later in the year.
February 2012 newsletter of
Stafford MP Mr Lefroy
Stafford Hospital Accident and Emergency
The Hospital has successfully recruited the consultants needed and is continuing to recruit middle grade doctors.
An intense training programme is also in place for clinical staff.
October 2011
Nursing Standard
and Patients Association discuss causes of
poor care and its solutions, included
Mid Staffs Trust area.
Accident and Emergency open
day-time
but not at night
from 10pm til 8am
until further notice.
All of my parents' access to A and E over decades
had been overnight til dawn at Stafford Hospital.
Stafford Hospital is no worse than all other NHS hospitals where concistent care seems to be lacking in the system.
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