Report reveals Royal Surrey's 'capacity and staffing' issues

The Care Quality Commission report released today on the care of hospitals across the UK has revealed that the Royal Surrey was working to full capacity.

These capacity issues included the staffing levels for support staff as well as staffing on wards particularly the elderly.

Patients were generally positive in their comments about the care they received at the hospital and were keen to be involved in the improvement at the hospital.

They were at full capacity and staffing in some areas left little allowance for contingency planning.

The report found the staff to be caring but not all patients had their expectations met and cancer patients identified a number of improvements to be made.