North West of England escapes A&E closures.

Full Story at HSJ 24 November 2017

Two months have passed since two chief executives were sacked over their trust’s accident and emergency performance, in a move intended to ram home the importance of meeting the four hour target.
The message will have been heard loud and clear at some North West providers, which may well have been mentioned, but ultimately spared, in some of those P45 discussions.
The statistics looked particularly troubling for Aintree University Hospital Foundation Trust and Wirral Teaching Hospitals FT, which were reporting performance of 82 and 81 per cent respectively for the first six months of 2017-18.
Since then, both trusts have pulled back from the brink.