Biggest NHS trust is failing on safety and quality of care, says watchdog

Biggest NHS trust is failing on safety and quality of care, says watchdog Care Quality Commission rates Barts health trust in London as inadequate due to issues including staff shortages and number of cancelled operations

Inspectors have criticised the NHS’s largest hospital trust after finding it is seriously understaffed, focuses too little on safety and has cancelled operations on numerous occasions because there were too few beds.

The Care Quality Commission has found a series of failings in the safety and quality of care being provided at Barts health trust in London, where major problems – including a deficit approaching £100m – have led to the recent departure of its two main bosses. Continue reading. The Guardian