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Article: Waiting lists not fiddled.
- Article from:
- Lancashire Evening Post (Preston, England)
- Article date:
- November 1, 2007
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Lancashire Teaching Hospitals has been cleared of deliberately manipulating waiting list figures following an independent investigation.
However, it was discovered that the trust, which runs the Royal Preston and Chorley and South Ribble hospitals, had failed to follow its own policies.
The investigation was launched after a whistleblower alleged patients were misled into being suspended or removed from hospital waiting lists.
Following concerns identified by the trust in the period April to June 2007, the Board of Directors commissioned a review of its waiting list management processes.
This review was verified independently by a ...