The boss of Shropshire's major hospitals says they are on track to meet the recommendations from a report into the country's biggest ever maternity scandal
Shrewsbury & Telford Hospital NHS Trust chief executive Louise Barnett
To date SaTH has delivered more than half of the 210 recommendations for its services, from both the interim, and full Ockenden reports.Mrs Barnett said she was satisfied with the progress on the improvement – but added that they were under no illusions about the importance of the task, and making sure the improvements are more than just 'box ticking'.
"There is a lot to do so what we did not want to do is skip through the actions then find they are not in place any more." She said the move had helped give assurance to women and staff – with the unit currently having not a single vacancy in its staffing. To date the trust has completed 46 of the 52 actions from the interim Ockenden report – with Mrs Barnett saying the rest are reliant on work from outside bodies.
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