Emily Roberts

PATIENTS visiting Basingstoke hospital’s emergency department are waiting longer to be seen than the national average, figures show.

PATIENTS visiting Basingstoke hospital’s emergency department are waiting longer to be seen than the national average, figures show.

PATIENTS visiting Basingstoke hospital’s emergency department are waiting longer to be seen than the national average, figures show.

BASINGSTOKE MP Maria Miller has said the problems found in the town’s maternity department “can never happen again”.

THE chief executive of the trust which runs Basingstoke hospital has said she was “not surprised” by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) report which said the maternity unit needs to improve.

BASINGSTOKE hospital’s maternity department did not have enough staff to care for women and keep them safe, an inspection report has concluded.

FOUR schools in the borough have had to ask some pupils to work from home this week because of staff absences.

A BASINGSTOKE retail park which has been in the town for more than 30 years is set to be knocked down and replaced with ‘commercial accommodation’.

BOROUGH council targets for answering calls from the public were lowered last year without consultation.

A FORMER football stadium ground is set to be used as a ‘site compound’ during works to update a Basingstoke roundabout.