Patient 'lay dead' in London A&E for 'hours' before being found as hospital's services branded 'inadequate'

Patient 'lay dead' in London A&E for 'hours' before being found as hospital's services branded 'inadequate' A patient reportedly lay dead for up to four-and-a-half hours before being noticed at a London A&E unit, according to inspectors, who have rated the department's services as "inadequate".

The emergency department at North Middlesex University Hospital, one of London's busiest, has been ordered to make improvements after regulators found that there were not enough doctors to meet demand.

Inspectors with the Care Quality Commission (CQC) rated the hospital's urgent and emergency care services as "inadequate". The Daily Telegraph

See also:

• North Middlesex University Hospital Care Quality Commission
• Patient 'lay dead' in London A&E for 'hours' before being found BBC News
• North Middlesex hospital chief executive leaves over A&E failings The Guardian