Hospitals: Staffordshire

(asked on 26th September 2014) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assurances they have sought from the University Hospital of North Staffordshire that it will have sufficient capacity in its accident and emergency department when services are transferred from Stafford Hospital in January 2015.


Answered by
Earl Howe Portrait
Earl Howe
Deputy Leader of the House of Lords
This question was answered on 13th October 2014

The Trust Special Administrators’ proposals were clear in their commitment not to move services unless it is agreed that it is safe to do so, and in the best interests of patients.

The University Hospital of North Staffordshire NHS Trust, together with local clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) and the local health and social care economy, have agreed a range of service improvements to ensure greater resilience and capacity in the accident and emergency services.

The trust and CCG are currently working with the Emergency Care Intensive Support Team to ensure that the plans in place are sufficiently robust and will support continuous improvement.

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