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Hospital caring for Nottingham triple killer left patients worse than when they went in, damning report finds

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Patients at the hospital that treated killer Valdo Calocane were discharged too soon and released in a worse state into the community, the NHS safety watchdog has found.

Serious failings by Nottinghamshire Hospital Foundation Trust in keeping patients and the public safe have been identified in a review from the Care Quality Commission.

More than 1,200 patients are waiting to be seen by community services, the report found. Meanwhile, several hundred who are receiving treatment did not have a clinician overseeing their care,the CQC found.

The review was launched by the government following the conviction of killer Valdo Calocane, who was under the care of the NHS trust’s community

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