Troubled Medway NHS Trust appoints two new bosses

Health regulator Monitor has forced Medway NHS Foundation Trust to appoint an interim chairman and chief executive.

Following the Keogh Review in June, the trust was found to have ‘major failings’ and put into special measures.

It was criticised for poor management and communication with patients, long waits in A&E, in appropriate referrals and delayed discharges.

The Care Quality Commission later told Medway Maritime Hospital in Gillingham, which is run by the trust, that it must take urgent action to improve the safety on their maternity unit.

Managing Director of Monitor, said “Medway is one of the most challenged trusts in the country and we believe that a change in leadership is essential for the trust to tackle the difficult issues that it faces.”

Monitor went on to say that although some progress had been made by the trust on some of the issues which were highlighted by the review, further action had been taken because of “concerns over the trust’s A&E performance, its deteriorating financial position, and its capacity to address the range of issues it faces.”

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