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It has agreed to legally binding undertakings with Monitor, the health sector regulator, under which it will fix issues with how its emergency services are organised, led and staffed.

As a result, Colchester will now:

• develop and implement a focused and credible A&E improvement plan
• take positive steps to improve nurse staffing levels
• work effectively with any future additional support arranged for the trust by Monitor

Monitor acted after an inspection of Colchester鈥檚 A&E and Emergency Assessment Unit by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) rated it as 鈥榠nadequate鈥�. As a result, Colchester is now rated as 鈥榠nadequate鈥� overall by the CQC.

Colchester has also agreed to take action to address the financial challenges it faces by developing and implementing an effective financial recovery plan for 2015/16.

皇冠体育app trust has been subject to enforcement action by Monitor since November 2013, including being placed in special measures for problems with its cancer services.

Katherine Cawley, Regional Director at Monitor, said:

Colchester isn鈥檛 providing its patients with the high quality emergency care they deserve, so we expect it to make improvements and quickly.

Our action is designed to make sure Colchester鈥檚 emergency services are organised, well managed and adequately staffed. We also want Colchester to improve its finances, so it鈥檚 able to provide the people of North Essex with quality health services for the long-term.

We will closely monitor the trust鈥檚 progress on making these improvements and won鈥檛 hesitate to take further action if necessary.