NHS: Mortality rates at five trusts to be investigated

Mortality rates at five trusts are to be investigated, the NHS Commissioning Board announced today, in reaction to the official report into mistreatment and neglect at Mid-Staffordshire NHS Trust. They are as follows:

• Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust
• Tameside Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
• Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
• Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
• East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust