Standards are still falling at a hospital trust at the centre of a maternity scandal, the watchdog warned last night. The Care Quality Commission said that poor care is the norm at Shrewsbury and Telford. Inspectors singled out incompetent leadership and out-of-their-depth staff at the NHS trust, one of the country's most poorly rated. They found examples of nurses blaming each other for not completing tasks and workers turning a blind eye to poor care on their wards. Professor Ted Baker, the watchdog's chief inspector of hospitals, said: 'We have repeatedly called for intervention to support improvement at Shrewsbury and Telford Hospitals NHS trust.

Source: Daily Mail August 13, 2020 22:04 UTC