Report finds troubled NHS Trust is 'unsustainable'

A challenged foundation trust is providing safe care now but will not be able to do so on a sustainable basis in the future, according to an independent investigation for the health sector regulator.

The findings were published in an interim report from a team of experts tasked by Monitor with examining whether Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust in its current form is able to provide services to local patients in the long term.

The team reported that the Trust is not clinically sustainable in its present form and cannot break even without compromising future clinical services.