Shropshire hospitals on 'high risk' list over care concerns
Royal Shrewsbury Hospital and Telford's Princess Royal Hospital were today included in a list of NHS trusts identified as being at high risk of not offering safe, good-quality care to patients.
Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, which runs the hospitals is included in a Care Quality Commission report published today.
It is one of 44 trusts with the most serious level of concern, including higher than expected death rates across their hospitals.
A total of 161 acute trusts across England were examined by the CQC against more than 150 care indicators.
The report will act as a screening tool to identify which trusts need the most rapid CQC inspections and where inspectors need to focus their attention.
All 161 trusts were divided into six bands, with band one being the highest risk and band six the lowest.
There were 44 trusts in the two bands with the highest risk. Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust was included in band two, with 24 trusts in the highest possible band one.
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