Largest NHS trust put in special measures after damning CQC report

Barts Health facing tough action after inspectors found poor patient care and a culture of bullying and harassment at its Whipps Cross hospital in east London

The NHS’s largest hospital trust in England is being put into special measures after inspectors uncovered an array of serious problems at one of its hospitals, including poor A&E care, a lack of staff, poor morale and a culture of bullying and harassment.

They also found patients facing long waits for treatment, some not receiving painkillers when they needed them, over-stretched employees, an over-reliance on agency staff, substandard treatment of terminally ill patients and too little priority given to patient safety.

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