The Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has once again been rated as 'requires improvement' by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). Despite this, the hospital's boss assures patients that they will be well taken care of.
The boss of the Royal Preston and Chorley and South Ribble Hospital says patients can be confident that they will be well looked after – in spite of the trust that operates the facilities having once again been rated as ‘requires improvement’ following an inspection by the regulator. It is the fifth consecutive occasion in nine years that Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (LTH) has been given the grading by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
The hospitals’ interim chief executive, Faith Button, acknowledged that the outcome was disappointing, but told the Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS) that it was “extremely difficult” to move up into the ‘good’ category against the backdrop of issues like the waiting list backlog caused by the pandemic and the pressure on urgent and emergency care services being felt nationwide – irrespective of the “great progress” that she said had been made in tackling bot
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