{"id":509385,"date":"2026-04-02T18:40:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T18:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/509385\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T18:40:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T18:40:09","slug":"mp-concerned-by-slow-improvement-at-scarborough-hospital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/509385\/","title":{"rendered":"MP concerned by \u2018slow improvement\u2019 at Scarborough Hospital"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n \u201cIt\u2019s up to the NHS Trust to improve the services\u201d at Scarborough<\/a> Hospital, the town\u2019s MP, Alison Hume, has said.\n<\/p>\n

\n \u200bIt comes as \u200bbosses at the NHS Trust that runs Scarborough<\/a> Hospital said they were \u201creally pleased\u201d with an improved CQC rating from requires improvement to good for medical care and the re-rating of urgent and emergency care as requires improvement.\n<\/p>\n

\n \u200bThe overall rating for Scarborough Hospital remains requires improvement.\n<\/p>\n

\n \u200bThe number of 12-hour trolley waits at the York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, which runs York and Scarborough hospitals, has also reduced.\n<\/p>\n

\n \u200bMs Hume, who is the Labour MP for Scarborough and Whitby<\/a>, said: \u201cOne of my main campaigns is to improve local services at Scarborough Hospital and particularly around stroke services, so obviously, I\u2019m concerned about the slow improvement at Scarborough Hospital.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

\n \u200b\u200bThe number of waits has decreased from the 930 patients who experienced 12-hour trolley waits after attending emergency departments in January. In December, there were 759 trolley waits that lasted longer than 12 hours.\n<\/p>\n

\n \u200bAt a trust board meeting in last month, health bosses welcomed news that on Sunday, March 22, \u201cwe had zero 12-hour waits at York Hospital\u201d, while Scarborough Hospital was said to be \u201cstruggling a bit more due to medical staffing differences\u201d.\n<\/p>\n

\n Ms Hume said she was in regular contact with the CEO and the chair of the NHS trust \u201cto press the concerns that I have and those of my constituents, and I want all of my constituents to have a good service at Scarborough Hospital\u201d.\n<\/p>\n

\n \u200bShe said: \u201cWhile there are big improvements, we\u2019ve invested as a government in a new boiler and have also given them money to rebuild the maternity services, which have RAAC in them.\n<\/p>\n

\n \u200b\u201cThere are still things that we need to improve, but we are investing in the material building at Scarborough Hospital, which is important, and it\u2019s up to the trust to improve the services that they provide.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

\n \u200b\u200bA spokesperson for York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust recently said: \u201cWe are working closely with our health and care partners to improve patient flow through the hospital, including supporting earlier discharge, making best use of available beds, and strengthening same-day emergency care.\n<\/p>\n

\n \u200b\u200b\u201cThese actions are helping to reduce long waits, including 12-hour trolley waits.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

\n \u200bThe spokesperson added: \u201cWe recognise we are not yet consistently delivering the standards we aspire to. We remain committed to reducing long waits and eliminating corridor care and are developing further actions to support this.\n<\/p>\n

\n \u200b\u200b\u201cOur focus is on ensuring patients receive safe, timely care, and we will continue working with partners to build on the progress we are seeing.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cIt\u2019s up to the NHS Trust to improve the services\u201d at Scarborough Hospital, the town\u2019s MP, Alison Hume,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":509386,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[102,2960,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-509385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-healthcare","tag-health","tag-healthcare","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/509385","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=509385"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/509385\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/509386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=509385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=509385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=509385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}