NHS trust faces probe into high death rate and blood-spattered equipment
Action will be taken against an NHS trust after inspectors found blood-splattered equipment and an unusually high death rate among patients. Inspectors for the Care Quality Commission (CQC) published a report earlier this month raising concerns about Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Now, the CQC has asked the regulator of foundation trusts, Monitor, to investigate. It has told Monitor it has lost confidence in the ability of the trust's management to steer through changes. Inspectors from the CQC found blood stains on floors and curtains, blood splattered on trays used to carry equipment and badly soiled mattresses...
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