Patients' trips halted daily at short-staffed health units

STAFF shortages within Nottinghamshire Healthcare Foundation Trust mean that live-in patients at mental health units have trips out cancelled on a daily basis, a patient has said.

- By JOSEPH CONNOLLY Local democracy reporter

Corey, who lives at Arnold Lodge - in Leicester but run by the Nottingham-based authority - made the statement during a "patient story" segment of a trust board meeting on Thursday, September 25.

He said: "Staff shortages are a pressing issue. It is having a direct impact on patients' care. In my ward, patients' care is cancelled daily due to staff shortages. Structured day activities are disturbed and quality of care suffers. This is not just frustrating, it is disheartening."