Hospital trust A&E department downgraded

[annie]

A hospital's accident and emergency department is to close temporarily as it cannot "recruit enough staff to provide a safe service."

Chorley Hospital in Lancashire will be downgraded to an urgent care service, a move that will "put lives at risk", the area's MP has claimed.

MP Lindsay Hoyle blamed "bad management".

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust said there were "no other safe options" due to a shortage of doctors.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-la ... e-36042951

[maureenho]

Lives will be put at risk.