Hospital out of special measures

A hospital that’s closest for those in the south of the area has officially come out of special measures..

The Queen’s Elizabeth Hospital in King’s Lynn has been taken out of what is now officially called the Recovery Support System following Care Quality Commission inspections in December 2021 and January 2022.

Caroline Shaw CBE, chief executive at QEH, said: “I am thrilled that our Regulator has formally confirmed the Trust’s exit from the Recovery Support System following our recent CQC inspection.

“Their formal confirmation that the Trust has made significant progress to allow us to exit the Recovery Support System is the next important step in our improvement journey.

“That said, we are in no way complacent and know there is still much to do as we enter the next phase of our improvement journey, whilst ensuring we continue to sustain and embed the changes we have made over the last three years.

“I hope alongside our recent CQC report that this gives confidence to our patients, their families and the local community that QEH is an organisation very much on the up where they can have confidence in and receive the very best care.

“I would like to thank our staff and the local community for their ongoing support – without which this would not have been possible and restate our determination to continue on our journey of improvement so that we can see QEH go from strength to strength and achieve our ambition to be the best rural District General Hospital for patient and staff experience.”