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Stafford Hospital NHS trust will be dissolved Stafford Hospital NHS trust to be dissolved
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The health trust that runs Stafford Hospital is to be dissolved. The trust that runs the scandal-hit Stafford Hospital is to be dissolved.
The Mid Staffordshire NHS Trust was at the centre of a public inquiry into poor standards of care led by Robert Francis QC. The Mid Staffordshire NHS Trust has been in administration since April when services were deemed "unsustainable" by the health watchdog Monitor.
The team of administrators charged with deciding the future of the trust has published its final report. The Trust Special Administrators' (TSA) final recommendations have been published in its report.
Control of Stafford Hospital will go to University Hospital of North Staffordshire and Cannock Hospital will be run by Royal Wolverhampton Trust.Control of Stafford Hospital will go to University Hospital of North Staffordshire and Cannock Hospital will be run by Royal Wolverhampton Trust.
Changes to recommendations made in a draft report in July include establishing a midwife-led maternity unit at Stafford Hospital, allowing some women to give birth there. Changes to recommendations made in the TSA's draft report in July include establishing a midwife-led maternity unit at Stafford Hospital, allowing some women to give birth there.
Paediatric assessment will still take place at the hospital by specialist staff, in conjunction with A&E, and critical patients will be allowed to stay overnight in Stafford as long as the appropriate staff are on duty.Paediatric assessment will still take place at the hospital by specialist staff, in conjunction with A&E, and critical patients will be allowed to stay overnight in Stafford as long as the appropriate staff are on duty.
The trust has made significant improvements over the last two to three years and was currently clinically safe but "highly fragile", the TSA said.
It is thought Cannock and Stafford hospitals will have been taken over by autumn next year, BBC reporter Phil Mackie said.
The health watchdog Monitor has 20 working days from Tuesday, 17 December to consider the final report.
If approved, it will be passed to the secretary of state who will have a period of 30 working days to announce his final decision.
The Mid Staffordshire NHS Trust provided healthcare for people in Stafford, Cannock, Rugeley and the surrounding areas, covering a total population of about 276,500 people.