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24-hour A&E is solution to 'inadequate' unit, claims MP

The return of 24-hour A&E to County Hospital is one solution to the 'inadequate' A&E rating at the Royal Stoke Hospital, according to Stafford MP Jeremy Lefroy.

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His push to reinstate the service follows the CQC report into the University Hospitals of North Midlands University Trust.

The report found that the trust must address high waiting times in its emergency department, and inspectors noted the Royal Stoke had 'consistently and frequently failed the four-hour waiting time target'.

Mr Lefroy said: "I continue to stress that one part of the solution is to return the County's A&E to a 24/7 service. We need to see action on that by the NHS."

The trust was rated as good overall for how caring its services were, but told it required improvement to ensure safe, effective and well-led services.

It received an inadequate rating in relation to whether services were responsive.

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